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The Chinese Tianlai Experiment, a hydrogen intensity mapping experiment, has been officially granted pathfinder status by the SKA Observatory.

The SKA Observatory’s 2023 Annual Report is now available, chronicling a year that saw substantial progress across the Observatory, including...

The SKAO has achieved an exciting milestone, with the release of the ‘first fringes’” from the Observatory’s SKA-Low telescope.

The SKAO has signed memoranda of understanding with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and the African Astronomical Society...

This is the first image and video from observations using one complete SKA-Low station, known as S-8, produced only 18...

The 32nd International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly, astronomy’s biggest meeting, has opened in Cape Town, South Africa, in an...

The SKAO has celebrated another construction milestone, with the assembly on Thursday 4 July of the first SKA-Mid telescope dish...

Canada has joined the SKA Observatory as a Member, becoming the tenth country to join the intergovernmental organisation.

The SKAO and its South African partners have hosted a major diplomatic visit at the SKA-Mid telescope site in the...

The SKA-Low telescope has begun to take shape in Western Australia with the installation of the first antennas on site...

After several years’ work by astronomers and astronomy organisations including the SKAO, a key UN body agreed last week to...

The first prototype dish of the SKA-Mid telescope constructed on site in South Africa has achieved first light.

India’s government has announced that it intends to join the SKA Observatory as a full member, and approved funding for...

The year 2023 saw huge progress across the SKAO and our partner organisations, as construction began in earnest at the...

Prof. Philip Diamond has been awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) medal in recognition of his services to...

The SKAO, international partners and several national delegations have succeeded in putting radio astronomy back on the agenda of the...

The first dish structure for the SKA-Mid telescope has been assembled at a test site in China, marking a major...

South Korea’s interest in the SKA Observatory has been noted during a state visit by the country’s president to the...