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Friday, April 13, 2012

Nonprofit takes over management of UC Berkeley radio observatory

SRI International has taken over management of Hat Creek Radio Observatory effective this month.

Management of the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, which houses UC Berkeley telescopes, has been transferred to another organization effective this month. SRI International — a non-profit organization founded by a group of West Coast industrialists and Stanford University in 1970 — is taking over management of the observatory from UC Read More…

Research & Ideas

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Management of UC Berkeley observatory handed over to nonprofit

It was supposed to be the most powerful radio telescope on the planet. Instead, the Allen Telescope Array — built on the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in Northern California — has suffered from a lack of funding and can no longer remain competitive for UC Berkeley researchers to use. SRI Read More…

Research & Ideas

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Astronomy institute to reactivate radio telescope project

Following successful fundraising efforts, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, an institute that previously partnered with UC Berkeley, will be able to begin to reactivate its array of 42 radio telescope dishes after the project was shut down in April due to a lack of funding. The institute was able Read More…