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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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.