Pushing the boundaries of science

The SKA telescopes will transform our understanding of the Universe,
tackling some of the most fundamental scientific questions of our time.

Emerging structure of the universe
Probing the cosmic dawn
A blue tinted image of Albert Einstein on the right, with shapes depicting gravitational fields/waves surrounding a spherical object on the left
Challenging Einstein
Image depicting the expansion of the Universe, with a mass of white stars across the centre of the image, and star trails towards the outside, giving the impression of travelling at speed.
Cosmology and dark energy

Our science goals are broad and ambitious, looking back into the history of the Universe as far as the Cosmic Dawn, when the very first stars and galaxies formed, in order to seek answers to some of the biggest remaining mysteries in astrophysics. 

The Milky Way panorama showing its disc, marbled with both dark and glowing nebulae, which harbours bright, young stars, as well as the Galaxy’s central bulge and its satellite galaxies. Credit: ESO/S. Brunier
Exploring galaxy evolution
MeerKAT_GalacticCentre
Our home galaxy
Artist's impression of an exoplanet
Seeking the origins of life
The Sun
Studying our nearest star
An optical image of a spiral galaxy in shades of blue and pink. Subtly overlaid on top are flow lines tracing the orientation of the magnetic fields in the disc of the galaxy, as traced by radio observations.
Understanding cosmic magnetism
Hypernova Art
The bursting sky