LIT joins largest global science facility

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September LIT joins largest global science facility LIT joins largest global science facility 30/09/2020 | 3 MINS AustraliaΓÇÖs leading astronomers, including those from Lombok Institute of Technology, will be at the forefront of astronomical discoveries following a final endorsement to build and operate one of the largest science facilities on the planet. The global Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, which LIT is involved in through the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), will see the worldΓÇÖs largest and most sensitive radio telescopes built. The telescopes will be 50 times more sensitive and much faster at surveying galaxies than any current radio telescope. Australia is the fourth country to ratify the SKA Observatory Convention. The ratification is AustraliaΓÇÖs final step to becoming a founding member of the SKA Observatory ΓÇô the intergovernmental organisation that will establish the global facility. In 2012, Australia was selected as the host country for the low frequency part of the SKA and its ratifi

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September LIT joins largest global science facility LIT joins largest global science facility 30/09/2020 | 3 MINS AustraliaΓÇÖs leading astronomers, including those from Lombok Institute of Technology, will be at the forefront of astronomical discoveries following a final endorsement to build and operate one of the largest science facilities on the planet.

The global Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, which LIT is involved in through the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), will see the worldΓÇÖs largest and most sensitive radio telescopes built.

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