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The Square Kilometre Array

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  • The famous Lovell telescope towers above the international SKA headquarters at Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

    The famous Lovell telescope towers above the international SKA headquarters at Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

  • The Milky Way stretches across the sky above one of CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) antennas. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com

    The Milky Way stretches across the sky above one of CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) antennas. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com

  • South Africa’s KAT-7 telescope catches the last rays of light as the sun sets over the Karoo desert. Credit: Rupert Spann

    South Africa’s KAT-7 telescope catches the last rays of light as the sun sets over the Karoo desert. Credit: Rupert Spann

  • The sun sets upon ASKAP in the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

    The sun sets upon ASKAP in the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

  • The dishes of the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) dot the desert landscape of the future SKA core site in South Africa. Credit: Maik Wolleben

    The dishes of the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) dot the desert landscape of the future SKA core site in South Africa. Credit: Maik Wolleben

  • The silhouette of a lone ASKAP dish strikes a solitary pose in the Western Australian desert. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

    The silhouette of a lone ASKAP dish strikes a solitary pose in the Western Australian desert. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

  • Statuesque dolerite rock formations can be found on hills close to the future sites of the MeerKAT and SKA telescopes in South Africa. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

    Statuesque dolerite rock formations can be found on hills close to the future sites of the MeerKAT and SKA telescopes in South Africa. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

  • The dishes of Australia’s ASKAP telescope gaze up at a stunning night sky. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com

    The dishes of Australia’s ASKAP telescope gaze up at a stunning night sky. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com

  • The dishes of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) dot the desert landscape of the future SKA core site in Australia. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

    The dishes of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) dot the desert landscape of the future SKA core site in Australia. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

  • The first rays of a new dawn fall on the KAT-7 dishes in South Africa. Credit: Rupert Spann

    The first rays of a new dawn fall on the KAT-7 dishes in South Africa. Credit: Rupert Spann

  • 5 November 2012 - Office of the SKA Organisation in the sunshine. Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Helen MacDonald

    5 November 2012 - Office of the SKA Organisation in the sunshine. Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Helen MacDonald

  • 27 September 2012 - Aerial view showing construction of the new SKA HQ at Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Ant Holloway

    27 September 2012 - Aerial view showing construction of the new SKA HQ at Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Ant Holloway

  • 27 September 2012 - Ground level view showing construction of the new SKA HQ at Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Ant Holloway

    27 September 2012 - Ground level view showing construction of the new SKA HQ at Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Ant Holloway

  • The Square Kilometre Array - a global project.

    The Square Kilometre Array - a global project.

  • The layout of the Square Kilometre Array on the ground

    The layout of the Square Kilometre Array on the ground

  • The SKA could detect organic molecules in space

    The SKA could detect organic molecules in space

  • Investigating cosmic magnetism using Faraday rotation.

    Investigating cosmic magnetism using Faraday rotation.

  • A pulsar orbits a black hole

    A pulsar orbits a black hole

  • Measuring gravitational waves with pulsars

    Measuring gravitational waves with pulsars

  • The Epoch of reionisation - when the first stars lit up.

    The Epoch of reionisation - when the first stars lit up.

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SKA Organisation Headquarters Officially Inaugurated 7 May 2013, SKA Headquarters, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK - Less than a year after the decision to site the revolutionary Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in both Southern Africa and Australia, the SKA Organisation has opened its new international headquarters.<br /> <br /> In front of an invited audience of local and global dignitaries, scientists and engineers, the UK Minister for Universities and Science the Rt. Hon. David Willetts MP recently opened the building which will be home to the team managing the construction, design and scientific output of this groundbreaking telescope.

7 May 2013, SKA Headquarters, Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK - Less than a year after the decision to site the revolutionary Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in both Southern Africa and Australia, the SKA Organisation has opened its new international headquarters.

In front of an invited audience of local and global dignitaries, scientists and engineers, the UK Minister for Universities and Science the Rt. Hon. David Willetts MP recently opened the building which will be home to the team managing the construction, design and scientific output of this groundbreaking telescope.

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SKA TelescopeThe Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope.

A global science and engineering project is underway to build the telescope which will address fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe.

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