Outback radio telescope listens in on interstellar visitor
April 10, 2018A telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to listen to a mysterious cigar-shaped object that entered our Solar System late last year. The unusual object—known as ‘Oumuamua—came from another solar system, prompting speculation it could be an alien spacecraft.
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Astronomers peer into the lair of a mysterious cosmic radio burster
January 11, 2018An international team of astronomers has used two of the world's largest radio telescopes to show that a mysterious source of radio bursts is in an astonishingly extreme and unusual environment.
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Designing The SKA Telescopes – From Lab To Outback: The Story Of AAVS1 So Far
December 19, 2017The Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS1) is one of the major milestones in the journey towards delivering the final design for SKA1-low, the Australian arm of the first phase of the SKA telescope.
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