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  • MWA radio telescope begins watching the skies

    The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope in Western Australia will act as an early warning system for solar storms as it begins observations of the sun today.

    Written by Hamish Barwick09 July 13 13:48
  • A giant radio telescope, a small school and a Wi-Fi problem

    Students at a tiny Appalachian public school can't use Wi-Fi because any such network can throw the radio equivalent of a monkey wrench into a gigantic super-sensitive radio telescope just up the road.

    Written by Jon Gold07 Feb. 13 10:43
  • Bid for square km array beefs up in Perth

    The Western Australia-based research centre, designed to help Australia snare the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, has opened in Perth.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards02 Sept. 09 15:11
  • Students tweet telescope takeover

    Students from three Melbourne high schools have taken control of CSIRO’s famous Parkes telescope in NSW using the internet, posting their results on Twitter.

    Written by Georgina Swan12 Aug. 09 12:38
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