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SKA Observatory in final sprint before official launch

December 2020

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The UK, home to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Global Headquarters, has now ratified the Convention to establish the SKA...
Portugal becomes fifth country to ratify SKA Observatory Convention

December 2020

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Following a recent approval by its national Parliament, Portugal has ratified the Convention establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)...
SKAO needs corrective measures from satellite ‘mega-constellation’ operators to minimise impact on its telescopes

October 2020

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The SKA Organisation (SKAO) – which leads the delivery of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project – has undertaken...
Australia ratifies SKA Observatory Convention

September 2020

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Australia, the future home of the SKA’s low-frequency telescope, has ratified the Convention Establishing the SKA Observatory.
SKA completes final reviews ahead of construction

September 2020

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The SKA Organisation has now successfully passed all its final reviews ahead of submitting its Construction Proposal and Observatory Establishment...
SKAO signs HPC agreement with CERN, GÉANT, PRACE

July 2020

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SKAO has signed a Cooperation Agreement with CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research; GÉANT, the pan-European network and services...
SKA statement on racism and discrimination

June 2020

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The recent heart-breaking events that have resulted in the huge visibility of the global Black Lives Matter movement and which...
South Africa ratifies SKA Observatory Convention

June 2020

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South Africa, the future home of the SKA’s mid-frequency telescope, has ratified the Convention Establishing the SKA Observatory after the...
Public statement on the status of the SKA project

April 2020

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Letter from Philip Diamond, SKA Director-General
Switzerland’s EPFL joins SKA Organisation

April 2020

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The Swiss science and technology university École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has become the 14th member of the SKA...
SKA partner SARAO to manage ventilator production in South Africa

April 2020

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The South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has tasked the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) with managing...
SKAO Statement on COVID-19 situation

March 2020

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Due to the COVID-19 situation and in accordance with recent advice from the UK government, the SKA Organisation Headquarters has...
Italy ratifies SKA Observatory Convention

February 2020

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Italy has become the second country to ratify the SKA Observatory Convention, the treaty which establishes the intergovernmental organisation that...
Astronomers detect distant space-time ‘dragging’ for the first time

January 2020

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An international team of astronomers including one of SKAO’s Project Scientists has for the first time detected the dragging of...
SKA signs cooperation agreement with Cherenkov Telescope Array

January 2020

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The SKA Organisation (SKAO) will engage in closer collaboration with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) under a new agreement...
SKA passes overall design review

December 2019

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An independent panel of external reviewers from major astronomy projects has given the SKA’s overall design, costing & planning the...
Final SKA Engineering Design Meeting Kicks Off in Shanghai

November 2019

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Around 250 engineers, scientists and industry representatives as well as government officials and members of the press from across the...
South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope discovers giant radio ‘bubbles’ at centre of Milky Way

September 2019

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An international team of astronomers using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has discovered enormous balloon-like structures that tower hundreds of...