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

Lausanne, Switzerland, 9 June 2021 – The prestigious Swiss science and technology university École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has signed a Cooperation Agreement with the SKA Observatory (SKAO) on behalf of the Swiss astronomy community. The agreement between the … Read more

SKAO Global Headquarters, UK, 7 June 2021 – The SKA Observatory’s (SKAO) newly formed Science and Engineering Advisory Committee (SEAC) held its inaugural meeting last week following the approval of its membership by the SKAO Council. The SEAC is a … Read more