World’s fastest supercomputer processes huge data rates in preparation for mega-telescope project
October 22, 2019Scientists have processed 400 gigabytes of data a second as they tested data pipelines for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope.
UK-led Signal and Data Transport consortium concludes design work
January 25, 2019The international Signal and Data Transport (SaDT) engineering consortium has concluded its work to design the complex system of networking that forms the backbone of the SKA.
Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognise galaxies
October 31, 2018Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence program used to recognise faces on Facebook to identify galaxies in deep space.