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The first image from the international SKA Observatory’s telescope in Australia, SKA-Low, has been released today – a significant milestone...
Sweden will soon join the SKA Observatory as a member following the signing of the SKA Observatory Convention at an...
India’s membership of the SKA Observatory has been marked at an event in Pune attended by senior government officials, including...
The SKA Observatory has welcomed Germany as its newest member state.
The Chinese Tianlai Experiment, a hydrogen intensity mapping experiment, has been officially granted pathfinder status by the SKA Observatory.
The SKAO has achieved an exciting milestone, with the release of the ‘first fringes’” from the Observatory’s SKA-Low telescope.
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...
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...
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...
South Korea’s interest in the SKA Observatory has been noted during a state visit by the country’s president to the...
Scientists have discovered an eight-billion-year-old fast radio burst (FRB) – the most ancient and distant located to date.
Scientists used the LOFAR telescope to observe low-frequency radio waves from satellites in large constellations for the first time. “Unintended...
Several SKA pathfinder telescopes have been involved in detecting the strongest evidence yet for low-frequency gravitational waves.
The 21st century’s premier radio telescopes are the topic of discussion at an astronomy conference underway in Vancouver, Canada.