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Switzerland has joined the SKAO to build the world's largest radio telescope to unlock some of the greatest mysteries in the Universe!

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Nous avons passĂ© une semaine formidable Ă  prĂ©senter l'astronomie et l'espace Ă  des dizaines de groupes scolaires au MINT Ă  Lausanne. Si vous ĂȘtes en Suisse romande, la foire scientifique pour enfants est ouverte aux familles ce week-end, alors venez nous rejoindre !

Nous avons passĂ© une semaine formidable Ă  prĂ©senter l'astronomie et l'espace Ă  des dizaines de groupes scolaires au MINT Ă  Lausanne. Si vous ĂȘtes en Suisse romande, la foire scientifique pour enfants est ouverte aux familles ce week-end, alors venez nous rejoindre !
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As the #Swiss Consortium for SKAO, which is building the world's largest #telescope to unlock some of the greatest mysteries in the Universe, we're excited to join Bluesky @ska-switzerland.bsky.social! Follow us there or on LinkedIn for our news #astronomy #cosmology #space

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"I recommend the very special experience of being in a dish!" Our colleague André Csillaghy recently 'in' the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank #Observatory in the UK, also the HQ of the SKA Observatory #astronomy #cosmology #science Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW

"I recommend the very special experience of being in a dish!" Our colleague André Csillaghy recently 'in' the Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank #Observatory in the UK, also the HQ of the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a> #astronomy #cosmology #science <a href="/FHNW/">Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW</a>
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We were thrilled to welcome Pontsho Maruping, the Managing Director of NRF/SARAO to the Versoix Observatory this week to talk about the challenge of building the SKA Observatory, the largest radio telescope array in the world! #astronomy #cosmology

We were thrilled to welcome Pontsho Maruping, the Managing Director of <a href="/SKA_Africa/">NRF/SARAO</a>  to the Versoix Observatory this week to talk about the challenge of building the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a>, the largest radio telescope array in the world! #astronomy #cosmology
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C'est terminé ! Nous avons enregistré le quatriÚme épisode de la premiÚre série de Radio #Cosmos sur le thÚme du ciel sombre et silencieux ! Retrouvez-le bientÎt et écoutez les trois premiers épisodes si vous ne l'avez pas encore fait ! #astronomy SKA Observatory skach.org/radio-cosmos/

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En ligne dĂšs maintenant ! Dans Ă©pisode 4 de Radio Cosmos, nous dĂ©couvrons comment les 10 000 #satellites en orbite autour de la Terre influencent l'astronomie et ce qui est fait pour aider Ă  prĂ©server notre « ciel sombre et silencieux ». skach.org/radio-cosmos/r
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It was a privilege to hear Princeton University's Prof. David Spergel, also President of the Simons Foundation, presenting the latest data from the Atacama #Cosmology Telescope at EPFL. simonsfoundation.org/2025/03/18/ata


It was a privilege to hear Princeton University's Prof. David Spergel, also President of the Simons Foundation, presenting the latest data from the  Atacama #Cosmology Telescope at EPFL. simonsfoundation.org/2025/03/18/ata

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For anyone in Zurich tonight check out this month's Astro On Tap HQ event featuring SKACH's very own Michele Bianco and David Spergel – President of Simons Foundation, and Prof. at Princeton. #astronomy #cosmology #universe myswitzerland.com/de-ch/erlebnis


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We're thrilled that our #podcast Series Radio Cosmos is now available via the EPFL Podcasts page! #astronomy #cosmology #universe #french epfl.ch/about/news-and


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The application submission deadline for the #JWST Summer School: High Redshift Transients with JWST August 4-15, is fast approaching! Being held at the #Space Telescope #Science Institute, Baltimore, get your application in by Friday, April 4, 2025. stsci.edu/contents/event


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Registration and the call for abstracts for Swiss #Cosmology Days 2025, June 5-6 @ ETHZ are now open. The Days offer a national platform for #research, collaborations and networking. Young scientists are particularly encouraged to participate. indico.phys.ethz.ch/event/151/

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SKACH’s Carolina Lindqvist took to the stage today at #Kubecon EU in London, with a keynote speech focused on the SKA Observatory's use of #Kubernetes as a service management plane, to build a novel infrastructure to support data and compute-intensive #astronomy use cases.

SKACH’s Carolina Lindqvist took to the stage today at #Kubecon EU in London, with a keynote speech focused on the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a>'s use of #Kubernetes as a service management plane, to build a novel infrastructure to support data and compute-intensive #astronomy use cases.
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It's been an interesting Easter week for our team in #China, visiting CETC54, the company building the SKA-MID dishes for the SKA Observatory South Africa site. Discussions centered around progress regarding SKA-MID dish production. #telescope #astronomy #engineering

It's been an interesting Easter week for our team in #China,  visiting CETC54, the company building the SKA-MID dishes for the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a> South Africa site. Discussions centered around progress regarding SKA-MID dish production. #telescope #astronomy #engineering
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SKACH's Carolyn Crichton navigating the SKA Observatory South Africa site on our very cool simulator! It's an honor to be part of the #CosmosArcheology exhibition now touring #China!

SKACH's Carolyn Crichton navigating the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a>  South Africa site on our very cool simulator! It's an honor to be part of the #CosmosArcheology exhibition now touring #China!
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The Pint of Science Festival is on this week all over Switzerland! For anyone interested in #astrophysics talks check out Dark Matters in Zurich tonight, 20 May and Let's Stargaze Through Time: A Cosmic Voyage in Lausanne tomorrow night, 21 May #PINT25 pintofscience.ch

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SKACH's Pablo Llopis was in his home town of Madrid this week, presenting the SKA Observatory to a very engaged adult's English class at the "Escuela Municipal de Idiomas de Torrelodones"! They talked all things #astronomy #cosmology #astrophysics and #space. #outreach

SKACH's <a href="/pablollopis/">Pablo Llopis</a> was in his home town of Madrid this week, presenting the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a> to a very engaged adult's English class at the "Escuela Municipal de Idiomas de Torrelodones"! They talked all things  #astronomy #cosmology #astrophysics and #space. #outreach
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The countdown is on! Our stand looks great, our very cool simulator is ready to go and we're excited that SKACH's Michele Bianco will open the #Space Stage tomorrow at this year's Fantasy Basel Comicon! Come and say hello if you are in Basel đŸȘâ˜„ïžđŸ’«

The countdown is on! Our stand looks great, our very cool simulator is ready to go and we're excited that SKACH's Michele Bianco will open the #Space Stage tomorrow at this year's Fantasy Basel Comicon! Come and say hello if you are in Basel đŸȘâ˜„ïžđŸ’«
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It's a wrap! Thanks to everyone in our team who helped spread the word about the SKA Observatory at Fantasy Basel this year. It was a pleasure to talk to the thousands of inspired people who stopped by our stand for a chat! #astrophysics #astronomy #cosmology

It's a wrap! Thanks to everyone in our team who helped spread the word about the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a>  at Fantasy Basel this year. It was a pleasure to talk to the thousands of inspired people who stopped by our stand for a chat! #astrophysics #astronomy #cosmology
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We're excited to share that around 2000 #astrophysicists will gather in Switzerland in June 2026 for the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society! It will take place in #Lausanne at EPFL, whose #astronomy is strongly connected to the SKA Observatory and the CTAO. European Astronomical Society

We're excited to share that around 2000 #astrophysicists will gather in Switzerland in June 2026 for the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society! It will take place in #Lausanne at EPFL, whose #astronomy is strongly connected to the <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a> and the CTAO. <a href="/EAS_astro/">European Astronomical Society</a>
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SKACH’s Jean-Paul Kneib and Carolyn Crighton have been celebrating the opening of #CosmosArcheology in Beijing. The Swiss Ambassador to China Juerg Burri, also commemorated 75 years of Switzerland-China diplomatic relations. #astronomy #outreach Embassy of Switzerland in China SKA Observatory

SKACH’s Jean-Paul Kneib and Carolyn Crighton have been celebrating the opening of #CosmosArcheology in Beijing. The Swiss Ambassador to China Juerg Burri, also commemorated 75 years of Switzerland-China diplomatic relations. #astronomy  #outreach <a href="/SwissEmbChina/">Embassy of Switzerland in China</a> <a href="/SKAO/">SKA Observatory</a>