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The SKA Observatory’s astronomy art exhibition Cosmic Echoes, featuring the work of Indigenous Australian and South African artists, has gone...

The SKAO has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) with the goal...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

On a visit to the SKA-Mid telescope site in South Africa, German Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announced that the...

The Royal Astronomical Society’s group achievement award for 2023 has gone to the team behind SKA precursor instrument MeerKAT.

The SKA Observatory is supporting a photography exhibition that demonstrates the vulnerability of near-space and the urgent need for its...

The SKAO expressed its heartfelt condolences to the royal family, and the citizens and governments of the United Kingdom and...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU)’s newest specialist centre starts operating today. Called the Centre for the Protection of the Dark...

The SKAO Global Headquarters will play host to the fourth edition of the Public Awareness of Research Infrastructures (PARI) conference...

The SKA Observatory (SKAO) has been selected, along with NSF’s NOIRLab, to co-host a new centre that aims to mitigate...

Just under six months after the SKA Observatory Council approved the start of construction of the SKA telescopes, two more...