Wednesday 16 December 2020, London, United Kingdom – The UK, home to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Global Headquarters, has now ratified the Convention to establish the SKA Observatory (SKAO). This completes the process needed for the Observatory to be formally … Read more

Lisbon, Portugal, Friday 11 December 2020 – Following a recent approval by its national Parliament, Portugal has ratified the Convention establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). The Convention was signed by seven countries, including Portugal, in Rome on 12 … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 7 October 2020 – The SKA Organisation (SKAO) – which leads the delivery of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project – has undertaken a preliminary analysis of the potential impact of current satellite mega-constellations on its … Read more

Canberra, Australia, 29 September 2020 – Australia, the future home of the SKA’s low-frequency telescope, has ratified the Convention Establishing the SKA Observatory. Australia is the fourth country to complete its national process of ratification, joining the Netherlands, Italy and … Read more

 SKA Global Headquarters, 16 September 2020 – The SKA Organisation has now successfully passed all its final reviews ahead of submitting its Construction Proposal and Observatory Establishment and Delivery Plan to the SKA Board of Directors for their meeting this … Read more

SKA Global HQ, Wednesday 22 July – SKAO has signed a Cooperation Agreement with CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research; GÉANT, the pan-European network and services provider for research and education; and PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in … Read more

The recent heart-breaking events that have resulted in the huge visibility of the global Black Lives Matter movement and which highlight the many years of systemic racism around the world, have forced us to reflect on our own environment. The … Read more

Pretoria, South Africa, 2 June 2020 – South Africa, the future home of the SKA’s mid-frequency telescope, has ratified the Convention Establishing the SKA Observatory after the South African Parliament approved the Convention and Dr Naledi Pandor, Minister of the … Read more

28 April 2020 Dear friends and colleagues, I hope that all of you and your families are safe and healthy in this crisis that has gripped the world. It is heartening to see the way that our fellow citizens across … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 20 April 2020 – The Swiss science and technology university École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has become the 14th member of the SKA Organisation (SKAO) following a unanimous decision by the SKA Board of Directors. EPFL … Read more