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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 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...

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

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.

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.

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

The German astronomy and astroparticle physics community have been awarded funding in a competitive process to set up a new...

During 2022-3, the world’s focus will fall on basic sciences as the “beating heart” of sustainable development.

Shared Sky: Canvases of the Universe – a cultural look at the starry sky by Aboriginal Australian and South African...