Congratulations to SKACH's SEarCH team that participated at the SKA Data Challenge 3b (SDC3b). Their new paper on: "Exploring the Early #Universe with Deep Learning" is now published. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #deeplearning #AI #astrophysics #astronomy

Exploring the Early Universe with Deep Learning

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in our Universe. The first generation of stars and galaxies produced photons that ionized hydrogen gas, driving a cosmological event known as the Epoch of Reioniz...

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Abstract submission for the second edition of the “Cosmology in the Alps” conference is now open! This event, from 16-20 March 2026, will focus on radio #cosmology studying the #universe on large scales. indico.skatelescope.org/event/1273/

Cosmology in the Alps 2026

OverviewThe Cosmology in the Alps Conference focuses on radio cosmology studying the universe on large scales. It aims to bring together experts in the field together with early career researchers to ...

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Did you know that there are around 10,000 working #satellites orbiting the #Earth and there are plans for over one million more? Find out how satellites are already impacting #astronomy and why a campaign for Dark and Quiet Skies is gaining momentum. @astro4edu.bsky.social skach.org/2024/12/05/t...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Inaugural SKACH Team Awards! It's such a pleasure working with an incredible team based across Switzerland 🎇🌌https://skach.org/2025/09/02/celebrating-the-inaugural-skach-awards/

Swiss SKA Days 2025 has wrapped up after a stellar line up of speakers sharing #astrophysics, #AI, computer science, #engineering and #outreach updates that are contributing to one of the biggest #science projects of this century. Thanks to ZHAW for hosting us in #Winterthur.

SKACH’s Jean-Paul Kneib and Carolyn Crighton have been celebrating the opening of #CosmosArcheology in Beijing. The Swiss Ambassador to China, Juerg Burri, also commemorated 75 years of Switzerland-China diplomatic relations. #astronomy #outreach

We're excited to share that around 2000 #astrophysicists will gather in Switzerland in June 2026 for the annual meeting of the European Astronomical Society! It will take place in #Lausanne at EPFL, whose #astronomy is strongly connected to the SKAO and the CTAO.

It's a wrap! Thanks to everyone in our team who helped spread the word about the SKAO at Fantasy Basel this year. It was a pleasure to talk to the thousands of inspired people who stopped by our stand for a chat! #astrophysics #astronomy #cosmology

The countdown is on! Our stand looks great, our very cool simulator is ready to go and we're excited that SKACH's Michele Bianco will open the #Space Stage tomorrow at this year's Fantasy Basel Comicon! Come and say hello if you are in Basel 🌌🌠🪐#astronomy #cosmology

SKACH's Pablo @llopis.dev was in his home town of Madrid this week, presenting the SKA Observatory to a very engaged adult's English class at the "Escuela Municipal de Idiomas de Torrelodones"! They talked size, costs, science and alien life 😀 #astronomy #cosmology #outreach #astrophysics

The @pintofscience.ch‬ Festival is on this week all over Switzerland! For anyone interested in #astrophysics talks check out Dark Matters in Zurich tonight, Tuesday 20th and Let's Stargaze Through Time: A Cosmic Voyage in Lausanne tomorrow night, Wednesday 21st #PINT25 pintofscience.ch

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SKACH's own Michele Bianco, a postdoctoral researcher in the #Cosmology group at @ethz.ch, will be the first presenter on the #Space Stage at Fantasy Basel at 11h on Thursday 29th May! Come and be inspired by his work researching the very early #Universe fantasybasel.ch/de/dr-michel...

Are you a teacher and interested in developing learning paths along the lines of our Big Ideas in Astronomy? Get in touch with us to join the Astro-Journeys summer school taking place 29 June to 4 July 2025 in Greece! esia.ea.gr/astrojourney...

SKACH's Carolyn Crichton navigating the SKAO South Africa site on our very cool simulator! It's an honor to be part of the #CosmosArcheology exhibition now touring #China!

It's been an interesting Easter week for our team in #China, visiting CETC54, the company building the SKA-MID dishes for the SKAO South Africa site. Discussions centered around progress regarding SKA-MID dish production. #telescope #astronomy #engineering

An interesting proposed project! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

British space company to design fleet of satellites that may help map early universe

Blue Skies Space – commissioned by Italian Space Agency – hopes faint signals from dawn of universe could be detected from far side of moon

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SKACH’s Carolina Lindqvist took to the stage today at #Kubecon EU in London, with a keynote speech focused on the SKA Observatory’s use of #Kubernetes as a service management plane, to build a novel infrastructure to support data and compute-intensive #astronomy use cases.

Registration and the call for abstracts for Swiss #Cosmology Days 2025, June 5-6 @ ETHZ are now open. The Days offer a national platform for #research, collaborations and networking. Young scientists are particularly encouraged to participate. indico.phys.ethz.ch/event/151/

Swiss Cosmology Days 2025 - ETH Zurich

The ETH Cosmology Research Group is delighted to welcome you to the 2025 Swiss Cosmology Days! The Swiss Cosmology Days are yearly meetings aimed at promoting communication and exchanges amongst cosmo...

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The application submission deadline for the #JWST Summer School: High Redshift Transients with JWST August 4-15, is fast approaching! Being held at the #Space Telescope #Science Institute, Baltimore, get your application in by Friday, April 4, 2025. www.stsci.edu/contents/eve...

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We're thrilled that our #podcast Series Radio Cosmos is now available via the EPFL Podcasts page! #astronomy #cosmology #universe #french www.epfl.ch/about/news-a...

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For anyone in the Zurich area tonight check out this month's @astronomyontap.bsky.social Zürich event featuring SKACH's very own Michele Bianco and David Spergel – President of Simons Foundation, and Prof. at Princeton. #astronomy #cosmology #universe www.myswitzerland.com/de-ch/erlebn...

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AoT Zürich is back with the third event – 'Unlocking the Universe: From Cosmic Beginnings to Invisible Waves!' Date: 26th March 2025 Doors Open: 6:30 PM Location: Amboss Rampe (NEW LOCATION!!!!)

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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket is set for its first test flight today – weather permitting – from Andøya Spaceport, Norway 🇳🇴. ⏳ Launch window is from 11:30-14:30 GMT (12:30– 15.30 CET) ℹ️ No livestream but get official updates via: www.isaraerospace.com/newsroom-fir...

It was a privilege to hear Princeton University's Prof. David Spergel, also President of the Simons Foundation, presenting the latest data from the @act-pol.bsky.social Atacama #Cosmology Telescope at EPFL. #astronomy www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/03/18/a...

Beyond what we'd hoped! www.skao.int/en/news/621/...

International SKA-Low Telescope Captures First Glimpse of the Universe www.skao.int/en/news/621/... Follow: @ska-switzerland.bsky.social #astronomy #space #science #news #astrophysics #astrobiology #cosmology #stars #planets #galaxies #universe

En ligne dès maintenant ! Dans épisode 4 de Radio Cosmos, nous découvrons comment les 10 000 #satellites en orbite autour de la Terre influencent l' #astronomie, pourquoi c'est important et ce qui est fait pour aider à préserver notre « ciel sombre et silencieux ». skach.org/radio-cosmos...

It's a wrap! We've recorded the fourth and final series one episode of Radio Cosmos on Dark and Quiet Skies! Look out for it soon and listen to the first three episodes if you haven't already! Don't forget, it's in French! skach.org/radio-cosmos/

C'est terminé ! Nous avons enregistré le quatrième et dernier épisode de la première série de Radio Cosmos sur le thème du ciel sombre et silencieux ! Retrouvez-le bientôt sur skach.org/radio-cosmos/ et écoutez les trois premiers épisodes si vous ne l'avez pas encore fait !