Square Kilometre Array Exploring the Universe with the world's largest radio telescope
Perth, Western Australia, Tuesday 24 April 2018 – A major expansion of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), one of four SKA precursor telescopes, has been completed, doubling the number of…
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Perth, Western Australia, Tuesday 24 April 2018 – A major expansion of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), one of four SKA precursor telescopes, has been completed, doubling the number of antenna stations at the remote site in Western Australia. The … Read more
Brussels, Wednesday 18 April 2018 – The Square Kilometre Array’s Indigenous Astronomy Art Exhibition, Shared Sky, opened in Brussels on Monday for its first major exhibition of 2018. The exhibition is on display at the European Commission Headquarters under … Read more
Cape Town, Friday 6 April 2018 – An article published today in The Astrophysical Journal presents the study of a magnetar – a star that is one of the most magnetic objects known in the universe – that awoke in 2017 … Read more
Perth, Western Australia, Thursday 1 Mars – In a paper published in the journal Nature yesterday, a team of US astronomers announced the detection of a signal from the first stars to have emerged in the Universe, about 180 million years … Read more
Shijiazhuang, China, Tuesday 6 February – The first fully assembled SKA dish was unveiled today at a ceremony in Shijiazhuang, China, by the Vice Minister of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, in the presence of representatives from the … Read more
21 December 2017, SKA Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK – In the second part of our feature story on designing the SKA telescopes, we look back at the ongoing global effort to deliver the SKA dish prototype, with work happening … Read more
On behalf of the SKA Organisation, the SKA Office would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season and a happy new year!
18 December 2017, SKA Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK – It is an understatement to say that designing and building a world-class scientific instrument comes with its challenges. The Aperture Array Verification System (AAVS1) is one of the major … Read more
SKA Global Headquarters, Jodrell Bank, UK – Today Thursday November 9th, on the occasion of the 25th meeting of the SKA Board of Directors, SKA Organisation and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), the US National Science Foundation facility operating … Read more