Contact:
the SKAO's magazine
Contact covers the broad range of SKA-related activities taking place around the world, from science breakthroughs and technology innovations, to construction milestones, policy developments and outreach efforts.
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Sustainability takes centre stage in this 20th issue of Contact. Read about sustainable practices at the SKA telescope sites and our Observatory-wide commitments, plus recent work with local communities. There's also science, interviews and much more!
Contact is published via the electronic publishing platform Issuu. Alternatively, scroll down to view PDF versions of each edition.
Contact is produced by SKAO’s Communications team.
Editor: William Garnier
Managing Editor: Cassandra Cavallaro
Editorial team: Mathieu Isidro and Sebastian Neuweiler
Staff writers: Matthew Taylor, Anne Daniels, Gina Pearse, Khomotso Mokori
Proofreading: Peter Grimley
Design and layout: Gaz Chadwick
Cover design: Gaz Chadwick
All images in Contact are courtesy of the SKAO unless otherwise indicated. See our terms of use here.
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Submitting an article to Contact
We are eager to showcase the breadth of SKA-related activities taking place across the world, and as such welcome contributions to Contact! If you would like to contribute an SKA-related story, please first submit your idea to the editorial team for discussion at magazine@skao.int. Once your idea has been accepted, you will be provided with submission instructions. The editorial team reserves the right to edit submissions, in consultation with the authors.
Previous editions
Below you'll find all previous editions of Contact on our digital publishing platform Issuu. If you don't have access to Issuu, you'll find the PDFs in our multimedia library below.