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radio astronomy

New project on the hunt for intelligent life

In the News  |  Published: 22 July 201528 March 2016

The search for extra-terrestrial life has been re-invigorated by a new initiative launched by British cosmologist Stephen Hawking and funded […]

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Flying NASA telescope in Christchurch skies

In the News  |  Published: 16 July 201316 July 2013

A NASA telescope will be scanning the skies above Christchurch for the next few weeks — flying 12km up in […]

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Political pressure may split SKA between two continents

In the News  |  Published: 11 April 2012

Political lobbying may claw back some chance for New Zealand to participate in the $US2 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA), […]

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A scientific project of epic proportions – the SKA

Blog  |  Published: 23 April 200923 April 2009

It’ll be one of the biggest scientific projects since the Large Hadron Collider was constructed beneath the Franco-Swiss border and […]

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Radio telescope unveiled at Warkworth

In the News  |  Published: 08 October 200801 December 2010

Media coverage of the radio telescope launch NBR: Clark, Cunliffe, Hodgson MIA as AUT cuts ribbon on $4b megascience bid […]

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