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Information overload: Bernie ­Fanaroff says the SKA is the ultimate big data machine – collecting a massive amount of radio data from ­celestial ­bodies.
BERNIE FANAROFF

Drive to decode array of big data

Information on a scale and of a type never seen before calls for a new kind of analysis and research.

  • Sarah Wild
8 min read
BERNIE FANAROFF

Bernie Fanaroff searched the stars, but this reticent man remains unknown

Astrophysicist Bernie Fanaroff was chosen to head the SKA project; with his experience and political credentials he led the company in its mission.

  • Sarah Wild
5 min read
BERNIE FANAROFF

SKA South Africa director Bernie Fanaroff to retire

Fanaroff will retire at the end of next year, but will be acting as strategic advisor on the project from January 1 2016 until December 2017.

  • Sarah Wild
2 min read
BERNIE FANAROFF

SKA will benefit economy, says director general

The SKA telescope being built in South Africa is a huge honour for its scientific community, but will it benefit our developing economy?

  • Sarah Wild
3 min read
Will moving to Australia be all it’s made out to be for white South African farmers?
BERNIE FANAROFF

SKA telescope on the lookout for aliens

The Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will be looking for signs of life on other planets, says project director Bernie Fanaroff.

  • Sapa
2 min read
BERNIE FANAROFF

SA confident of winning mega-telescope bid

A final decision on which country will host the giant Square Kilometre Array radio telescope is now expected in 2011, the Cabinet announced on Thursday. South Africa was…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read