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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.
The first dish structure for the SKA-Mid telescope has been assembled at a test site in China, marking a major...
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 SKAO expressed its heartfelt condolences to the royal family, and the citizens and governments of the United Kingdom and...
Just under six months after the SKA Observatory Council approved the start of construction of the SKA telescopes, two more...
The SKA Observatory has signed agreements with the governments of Australia and South Africa to host its telescopes and associated...
At a historic meeting of its Council last week, the recently formed SKA Observatory (SKAO) saw its Member States approve...
Two respected science infrastructure experts have been appointed to lead construction activities at the telescope sites of the SKAO, respectively...
The SKA Observatory (SKAO) is pleased to announce the appointment of two widely respected figures in the field as its...
South Africa, the future home of the SKA’s mid-frequency telescope, has ratified the Convention Establishing the SKA Observatory after the...
The South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has tasked the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) with managing...