The first image from the international SKA Observatory's telescope in Australia, SKA-Low, has been released today—a significant milestone in its quest to reveal an unparalleled view of our universe.

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Radio astronomy has long been unsung and underappreciated, largely because it's never been able to cough up the kind of jaw-dropping visual images that are routine with large optical telescopes. But ...

What is the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)? The SKA will be the world’s largest radio telescope when it comes online in the coming decade. It will consist of thousands of dishes and antennas spread out ...

Professor Tingay said satellite technology and radio astronomy were both important but needed to exist in harmony. "We're standing on the edge of a golden era where the SKA will help answer the ...

Over at Science Network, Nic White writes that astronomers are planning to build the world’s largest computer system to process the massive amount of data that will be generated by the Square ...

In 2005, when South Africa and its partner countries in Africa submitted a proposal to host the world’s largest radio telescope, called the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the continent had five ...