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

Thursday 9 April 2020, Pretoria, South Africa – The South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has tasked the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) with managing the national effort required for the local design, development, production and procurement … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, Friday 19 December 2019 – An independent panel of external reviewers from major astronomy projects has given the SKA’s overall design, costing & planning the nod, clearing the way for the preparation of the SKA construction proposal. … Read more

Shanghai, China, Monday 25 November 2019 – Around 250 engineers, scientists and industry representatives as well as government officials and members of the press from across the SKA community and beyond have gathered in Shanghai, China for the SKA‘s sixth … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 15 July 2019 – Astronomers and software specialists from all over the world have completed the SKA’s first Science Data Challenge, showcasing the community’s enthusiasm to prepare for the SKA’s complex and large data volumes. Nine teams … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, UK, 10 July 2019 – The SKA Global Headquarters (SKA GHQ), the home of a new intergovernmental organisation created to facilitate global collaboration in radio astronomy, has been formally opened and handed over in … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK, Monday 8 July 2019 – The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory, home of the SKA’s Global Headquarters, has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status for its internationally significant heritage, science and cultural … Read more

Cape Town, Wednesday 3 July 2019 – The international engineering consortium tasked with planning the assembly, integration and verification (AIV) of the SKA has formally completed its work in another important engineering step towards construction of the telescope. The AIV … Read more

The SKA partnership invites members of the media to attend the inauguration of the international astronomy project’s global headquarters (GHQ) at the iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK, on 10 July at 14:15 BST. Close to 200 guests are expected to … Read more

SKA Organisation, SKA Global Headquarters, Tuesday 2 July 2019 – New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has announced its decision to wind down its involvement in the SKA project at the end of the current phase of … Read more