SKA Organisation Headquarters, 18 March 2019 – SKA Organisation Project Scientist Dr. Evan Keane has been awarded the European Astronomical Society’s (EAS) 2019 MERAC Prize for Observational Astrophysics, in recognition of his work on radio transients. The prize, which is … Read more

Rome, Italy, Tuesday 12th of March 2019 – Countries involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project have come together in Rome for the signature of the international treaty establishing the intergovernmental organisation that will oversee the delivery of the … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 11 March 2019: The SKA has many talented women working across the project, in science, engineering, computing, project management and many other roles, based at SKA Global Headquarters in the UK and in our partner organisations around … Read more

The Square Kilometre Array Organisation informs members of the media of a special event at the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research in Rome on 12 March at 10:00 UTC, to mark an historic moment in the international SKA … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 25 February 2019 – The two engineering consortia tasked with designing all the essential infrastructure for the SKA sites in Australia and South Africa have formally concluded their work, bringing to a close nearly five years of … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 20 February 2019 – The international Central Signal Processor (CSP) consortium has concluded its design work on the SKA, marking the end of five years’ work comprised of 11 signatory members from 8 countries with more than … Read more

SKA Organisation Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, 11 February 2019 – Designing and building the mega-project that is the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) would not be possible without the input of hundreds of talented scientists based all over the globe, who are … Read more

SKA Organisation Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, 28 January 2019 – The Netherlands has announced it will sign the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Convention at a ceremony to be held in Rome, Italy on 12th March. The Netherlands also confirmed an … Read more

SKA Organisation Headquarters, 25 January 2019 – The international Signal and Data Transport (SaDT) engineering consortium has concluded its work to design the complex system of networking that forms the backbone of the SKA. The detailed design of this vital … Read more

British Columbia, Canada, 9 January 2019 – A Canadian-led team of scientists has found the second repeating fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded, using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope, which was recently designated as an SKA pathfinder. … Read more