Just under six months after the SKA Observatory Council approved the start of construction of the SKA telescopes, two more contracts have crossed the Director-General’s desk for signature last week. This brings the total number of contracts signed so far … Read more
SKAO Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, 14 December 2021 – The United Nations General Assembly has promulgated 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development – an initiative backed by the SKAO. The SKA Observatory (SKAO) sits … Read more
SKAO Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, 29 November 2021 – The SKA Observatory (SKAO) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have signed a cooperation agreement for two years while the country’s federal government gives membership of the SKAO … Read more
Leiden, the Netherlands, 9 November 2021 – Shared Sky: Canvases of the Universe – a cultural look at the starry sky by Aboriginal Australian and South African artists – opened in Leiden’s Old Observatory last month. The exhibition is sponsored … Read more
SKAO Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, 14 October 2021 – The SKA Observatory has signed agreements with the governments of Australia and South Africa to host its telescopes and associated infrastructures. These documents formalise arrangements for the construction and operation … Read more
SKAO Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, Wednesday 13 October 2021 – SKAO’s second Data Challenge (SDC2) has concluded, seeing record participation by the scientific community, multidisciplinary collaboration and innovative methods of data analysis to tackle a huge data set. The … Read more
SKA Observatory Global Headquarters, UK, Thursday 7 October 2021 – At a ceremony held online last week, an agreement was signed between the SKAO and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. The documents signed on 30 September 2021 by Prof. … Read more
SKA Observatory Global Headquarters, UK, Tuesday 29 June 2021 – At a historic meeting of its Council last week, the recently formed SKA Observatory (SKAO) saw its Member States approve the start of construction of the SKA telescopes in Australia … Read more
The SKA Observatory (SKAO) cordially invites members of the international media to a virtual press conference on Tuesday 29 June 2021 at 14:00 UTC for a major announcement on the status of the SKA Project, following the conclusion of the … Read more
SKA Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, 14 June 2021 – The SKA Observatory is this week taking part in the Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Summit (14-18 June) with a session entitled “SKAO: Enabling Global Science through Radio Astronomy”. The session, … Read more