1 minute read
The cover
from Contact 07
Front cover: One Observatory, two telescopes, three sites - composite image of the SKA sites, bringing together the Global Headquarters in the UK, and artist's impressions of the SKA telescope sites in South Africa (left) and Australia (right).
Credit: SKAO
Contact - the SKA magazine
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 issue we mark the birth of the SKA Observatory (SKAO), continue our series chronicling the design work of recent years with an in-depth feature on the SKA’s low-frequency telescope, explore recent results from SKA pathfinders, and speak to leading experts in SETI, the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
About Contact
Editor: William Garnier W.Garnier@skatelescope.org Editorial team: Mathieu Isidro, Joe Diamond, 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.
