SPIE 2026, Denmark
Around 3000 delegates attended the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2026 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in July. Among them were Observatory Sciences engineers Elena Salmon,…
Making an Impact on SKA-Low
Shortly after the Christmas break, I made the long trip from Edinburgh in the UK to Perth, Western Australia, to work with colleagues at the…
EPICS Training for Radiation Safety Engineers
In October 2025, three of OSL’s experienced EPICS engineers delivered a successful bespoke training course at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in…
ICALEPCS 2025 in Chicago
This September 2025 Observatory Sciences was proud to be a gold sponsor of the 20th ICALEPCS (International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control…
Spring 2025 EPICS Collaboration Meeting
The Spring 2025 EPICS Collaboration Meeting took place this April at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). Directors Alan Greer and Andy Foster attended, along with…
SKAO’s 26th PI Planning Event
In March 2025, director Alan Greer together with six OSL engineers travelled to Eindhoven in the Netherlands to participate in the 26th PI (Program Increment)…
SKA-Low MCCS Team Visit
As the SKA-Low project progresses and more sub-components are integrated, close collaboration with the integration and testing teams is crucial. In September, the MCCS team…
Unveiling Telescope Breakthroughs at SPIE 2024
SPIE’s Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation conference in Yokohama, Japan, brought together astronomers and engineers in June 2024 offering opportunity to share new and exciting technologies…
Another successful planning event for SKAO
In June 2024, Observatory Sciences engineer Emma Arandjelovic travelled to Pune, India, to participate in the 23rd Program Increment (PI) planning event for the Square…
Third Base at Harwell Campus
OSL has opened a new office on the Harwell Science and Technology Campus near Oxford, one of the world’s premier locations for cutting edge science…