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The Cover
from Contact 08
The SKAO logo captures many of the themes that are important to the SKA project: science, technology, global collaboration, and respect for local heritage.
Credit: SKAO
Contact is the SKA magazine. Published by SKAO's Communications team, the magazine brings together articles from scientists, engineering, design and construction teams, related facilities and telescopes and government partners. In this special issue we celebrate what is perhaps the biggest milestone in the SKA project’s 30-year history: the start of construction activities for the SKA telescopes! Following the creation of the SKA Observatory earlier this year, we also cover the launch of our new SKAO brand, recent news from SKA pathfinders, and focus on our second Science Data Challenge currently taking place. Fittingly as we embark on a new era, we talk about one of the SKA project's original goals: to study the dawn of the Universe! We also meet TeamSKA’s Dr Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro from Spain, and take a deep dive into sustainability with an Insight on the Observatory’s renewable energy plans.
About Contact
Editor: William Garnier W.Garnier@skatelescope.org
Editorial team: Mathieu Isidro, Cassandra Cavallaro skao-outreach@skatelescope.org
Design: Carbon Creative & Joe Diamond
We welcome your contributions to Contact! Find out how to submit ideas on the SKA website under News. All images in Contact are courtesy of SKAO unless otherwise indicated. Contact is produced and distributed as a digital magazine.
About the SKA
The SKA Observatory leads an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope. The SKA will be constructed in Australia and South Africa with a later expansion in both countries and into other African countries. Its global headquarters is located at Jodrell Bank in the UK. The SKA will conduct transformational science and help to address fundamental gaps in our understanding of the Universe including the formation and evolution of galaxies, fundamental physics in extreme environments and the origins of life in the Universe.
