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The latest news from CTA

Announcements

2019-December-05

The LST-1 Detects its First Gamma-Ray Signal

In its first attempt to detect a gamma-ray source, the Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) successfully detected its first gamma-ray signal on 23 November 2019 when it pointed to the Crab Nebula.

The LST-1 Detects its First Gamma-Ray Signal

2019-December-05

First ‘CTA around the world’ Event to be Held in Bologna on 22 October

2019-October-16

Final Preparations Begin for CTA-North Site Construction

2019-October-08

Small-Sized Telescope Harmonization Process and Status

2019-October-08

Catching Gamma-Ray Bursts with CTA? Yes we can!

2019-October-17

Update from the Managing Director: Planning, Funding and Paperwork

2019-October-09

October 2019 CTA Project Update

2019-October-08

CTA Consortium 2.0: Preparing for Construction and Operations

2019-October-07

Press Releases

2019-May-15

June 4 Press Event to be Held in Lugano, Switzerland in Conjunction with CTA Consortium Meeting

The Swiss press is invited to attend an event on 4 June 2019 at 18:00 at the Palazzo Congressi in Lugano, Switzerland highlighting the Swiss contribution to the exploration of the high-energy Universe.

June 4 Press Event to be Held in Lugano, Switzerland in Conjunction with CTA Consortium Meeting

2019-May-15

Can You Hear Me? Un viaggio nel tempo con i messaggeri dell’Universo

2019-April-16

Final Agreements Signed for CTA’s Southern Hemisphere Site in Chile

2018-December-19

LST-1 Inauguration: 10 October 2018, La Palma

2018-October-05

ASTRI-Horn is first Cherenkov telescope in dual-mirror configuration to detect the Crab Nebula at TeV energies

2019-May-07

CTA Prototype Telescope, the Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope, Inaugurated at Whipple Observatory in Arizona

2019-January-17

EU Particle Physics & Astronomy Commit to the Research Data Revolution Making the European Open Science Cloud a Reality

2018-November-20

Federico Ferrini Begins Tenure as CTA Managing Director

2018-March-01

CTA In the News

El prototipo de la Red de Telescopios Cherenkov detecta la primera fuente de rayos gamma

2019-December-05

A new way to study high-energy gamma rays

2019-September-03

CTA: multi messenger astronomy and a potential probe of extreme particle processes

2019-June-27

CTA and Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope: probing the high energy Universe

2019-June-07

The Cherenkov Telescope Array: the challenges in creating the unique observatory

2019-June-04

Pushing stargazing to the limits with the world’s largest gamma-ray observatory

2019-May-28

Solving a century-long mystery: the origin of galactic cosmic rays

2019-April-04

Cherenkov Telescope Array: intervista a Federico Ferrini

2019-February-25

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