Switzerland involved in the SKA (Square

Kilometer Array) observatory project

News: Switzerland involved in the SKA

observatory project:

Recently Switzerland has joined the SKA observatory project. With

this, it has become the eighth country to join the intergovernmental
founding nations of this observatory.

These founding countries will support the construction of the SKAO

(Square Kilometer Array Observatory) to be built in Australia and
South Africa.

Significantly, SKAO is a project to build the world's largest radio

telescope; this radio telescope can detect invisible gases in the
universe and can also give information about the areas surrounded
by cosmic dust of space.

This telescope will also enable astronomers to observe cosmic

expansion. This observatory will enable astronomers to survey the
entire sky faster than any system currently in existence.
The operation, maintenance, and construction of this telescope will
be overseen by SKAO. The estimated cost of SKAO's construction by
2021–2029 is approximately EUR 2 billion.

SKAO is a new intergovernmental organization dedicated to radio

astronomy, with SKAO headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Switzerland joins SKAO's three host countries as founding member

countries, with Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, France, and China as
its other member states.

The three host countries of SKAO are the United Kingdom, Australia,
and South Africa.

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