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  • Tianlai becomes newest member of SKA pathfinder family
    October 2024
    Introduction

    The Chinese Tianlai Experiment, a hydrogen intensity mapping experiment, has been officially granted pathfinder status by the SKA Observatory.

  • SKAO releases 2023 Annual Report
    October 2024
    Introduction

    The SKA Observatory’s 2023 Annual Report is now available, chronicling a year that saw substantial progress across the Observatory, including...

  • SKA-Low achieves ‘first fringes’
    September 2024
    Introduction

    The SKAO has achieved an exciting milestone, with the release of the ‘first fringes’” from the Observatory’s SKA-Low telescope.

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