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

Cape Town, South Africa, 12 September 2019 – An international team of astronomers using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has discovered enormous balloon-like structures that tower hundreds of light-years above and below the centre of our galaxy. The impressive result … Read more

The Hague, the Netherlands, 19 August 2019 – The Netherlands has become the first country to ratify the SKA Observatory Convention, which establishes the SKA as an intergovernmental organisation tasked with building and operating the world’s largest radio telescope. The Convention … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 30 July 2019 – The ratification process for the SKA Observatory Convention is progressing apace, with the United Kingdom and Italy both introducing legislation on the Convention to their respective parliaments. The international document establishes the SKA … Read more

SKA Global Headquarters, 17 July 2019 – The SKA welcomed China’s Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Wang Zhigang to its newly inaugurated Global Headquarters yesterday. The Minister was accompanied by a delegation of Chinese officials including the Directors-General in … 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, 12 July 2019: The SKA community is gearing up for one of the biggest events in this year’s project calendar – the 2019 SKA Shanghai Meeting: Concluding our Past, Realising our Future. Registration is open for the … 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