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NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB

IFL SCIENCE

Spectacular new image of the center of the Milky Way reveals remnants of ancient supernovas – The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is teaching us a lot more about the disk of our galaxy, including the discovery of 27 remnants of ancient supernovas.

https://www.iflscience.com/space/spectacular-new-image-of-the-center-of-the-milky-way-reveals-remnants-of-ancient-supernovas/

ITU NEWS

Radio astronomy, Spectrum Management and WRC-19 (pg 81) – NRAO Spectrum Manager Harvey Liszt explains why the careful management of the radio spectrum is so important for the success of radio astronomy in the modern era.

https://www.itu.int/en/itunews/Documents/2019/2019-05/2019_ITUNews05-en.pdf

NEW SCIENTIST

Weird repeating signals from deep space may be created by starquakes – Repeating fast radio bursts might be caused by “starquakes”, according to researchers studying an FRB which was first observed by the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP).

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218829-weird-repeating-signals-from-deep-space-may-be-created-by-starquakes/#ixzz6745Ez0QI

SCIENCE

Giant radio telescope array prepares to begin construction in Australia and South Africa – SKA officials and partners meet at a final engineering meeting in Shanghai, China, to present designs for the telescopes’ dishes and antennas - setting the stage for construction to begin.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/giant-radio-telescope-array-prepares-begin-construction-australia-and-south-africa

VICE

Scientists Are Chasing an Ancient Signal That Could Explain the Modern Universe– SKA-related telescopes are part of a global hunt to detect hydrogen from the early universe. Together with SKA, they’re hoping to shed light on how the first stars & galaxies formed.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5pkm/scientists-are-chasing-an-ancient-signal-that-could-explain-the-modern-universe?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn&utm_content=precursors+%26+pathfinders

CHINA DAILY

China lauded for vital role in radio telescope project - China’s key contributions to the SKA highlighted during meeting of scientists and engineers in Shanghai.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/global/2019-11/26/content_37525398.htm