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Square Kilometre Array

• Square Kilometre Array, international radio telescope for the 21st century, student home page
  Provides clear information on the SKA concept, science and design.
  http://www.skatelescope.org/pages/page_student.htm

• The Square Kilometre Array, the international radio telescope for the 21st century
  A brochure which provides a thorough and clear overview of the SKA and its key science projects in simple language.
  http://www.skatelescope.org/PDF/brochure/SKABrochure_2008.pdf

Square Kilometre Array (Australia)

• Australia and the Square Kilometre Array
  Describes Australia's role in the development of the Square Kilometre Array.
  http://www.ska.gov.au/Documents/InternationalBrochure4pp.pdf

• What is the SKA?
  Briefly outlines the Square Kilometre Array and its purpose.
  http://www.ska.gov.au/media/Documents/Factsheet2withbleed.pdf

• What is the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP)?
  Briefly describes the purpose and location of the Australian SKA Pathfinder.
  http://www.ska.gov.au/media/Documents/Factsheet3%20ASKAP.pdf

Murchison Widefield Array (Australia)

Describes one of the SKA pathfinders in Australia, the Murchison Widefield Array. This site includes a video describing the array technology.
http://www.mwatelescope.org/

Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO

• Australian SKA Newsletters
  Provides up-to-date information on developments related to the SKA from an Australian perspective.
  http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/auska-newsletter/

• ASKAP
  Presents a range of information on the Australian SKA Pathfinder including the science and technology.
  http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/askap/

University of Western Australia

• The Murchison Radio-Astronomy Observatory (MRO)
  Briefly describes the proposed site for the Square Kilometre Array.
  http://www.astro.uwa.edu.au/ska/mro

• Square Kilometre Array
  Briefly describes the proposed Square Kilometre Array and the candidate site in Australia.
  http://www.astro.uwa.edu.au/ska/the_square_kilometre_array

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• The Square Kilometre Array and detecting complex organic molecules in space (Science Show, 21 February 2009)
  Discusses the detection of organic molecules in space and how the Square Kilometre Array will help.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2009/2497251.htm

• The view beyond the Milky Way (News in Science, 25 May 2000)
  Reports on a survey based in Australia that mapped galaxies using radio emissions from neutral hydrogen.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/11/25/2428882.htm?site=science

Telescopes from the ground up (Amazing Space, USA)

Provides a clear overview of different types of telescopes and their history.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/