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The Square Kilometre Array

Exploring the Universe with the world's largest radio telescope

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  • Australian Government’s SKA Pre-construction Grants Program open for applications
  • New giant galaxy discovered by SKA pathfinder LOFAR telescope
  • SKA pathfinder LOFAR telescope open for business
  • Big Bang Meets Big Data: South Africa Joins ASTRON and IBM to Build the Foundation for a New Era of Computing
  • SKA Director General on visit to French astronomy facilities
  • First Call for Proposals for the MWA
  • Outcomes of the SKA Board Meeting on 30-31 January 2013
  • Advisory to potential responders to the SKA Office Request for Proposals
  • First announcement of opportunity for time allocation on SKA precursor, the MWA
  • Germany joins the SKA Organisation
Features
  • Request for Proposals
    The SKA office is releasing its request for proposals to the SKA community
  • Outcomes of January Board Meeting
    30-31 January SKA Board Meeting
  • Request for Proposals: Advisory to potential responders
    RfP1
  • Members’ statement on ratification of site agreement
    Statement on 14 Nov 2012 teleconference
  • Translations
    SKA materials in Dutch, Chinese and Turkish

Project images

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    The famous Lovell telescope towers above the international SKA headquarters at Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

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    The Milky Way stretches across the sky above one of CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) antennas. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com

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    South Africa’s KAT-7 telescope catches the last rays of light as the sun sets over the Karoo desert. Credit: Rupert Spann

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    The sun sets upon ASKAP in the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO). Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

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    The dishes of the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) dot the desert landscape of the future SKA core site in South Africa. Credit: Maik Wolleben

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    The silhouette of a lone ASKAP dish strikes a solitary pose in the Western Australian desert. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

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    Statuesque dolerite rock formations can be found on hills close to the future sites of the MeerKAT and SKA telescopes in South Africa. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

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    The dishes of Australia’s ASKAP telescope gaze up at a stunning night sky. Credit: Alex Cherney/terrastro.com

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    The dishes of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) dot the desert landscape of the future SKA core site in Australia. Credit: SKA, Rob Millenaar

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    The first rays of a new dawn fall on the KAT-7 dishes in South Africa. Credit: Rupert Spann

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    5 November 2012 - Office of the SKA Organisation in the sunshine. Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Helen MacDonald

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    27 September 2012 - Aerial view showing construction of the new SKA HQ at Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Ant Holloway

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    27 September 2012 - Ground level view showing construction of the new SKA HQ at Jodrell Bank, UK. Credit: Ant Holloway

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    The Square Kilometre Array - a global project.

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    The layout of the Square Kilometre Array on the ground

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    The SKA could detect organic molecules in space

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    Investigating cosmic magnetism using Faraday rotation.

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    A pulsar orbits a black hole

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    Measuring gravitational waves with pulsars

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    The Epoch of reionisation - when the first stars lit up.

Featured story

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13 March 2013, Manchester, UK – The SKA office is releasing its request for proposals to the SKA community. The documentation package can be found herein. Readers are encouraged to consult the RfP document first, followed by the Statements of work, work breakdown structure documents and baseline design. The respondents are asked, but not required, to register their intent to submit a proposal within two weeks of the release of this call by email to rfp@skatelescope.org or letter to the Director-General of the SKA Organisation.

Latest news

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    Australian Government’s SKA Pre-construction Grants Program open for applications 19th March 2013
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    New giant galaxy discovered by SKA pathfinder LOFAR telescope 19th March 2013
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    SKA pathfinder LOFAR telescope open for business 14th March 2013

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About the project

spacer The Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope.

A global science and engineering project is underway to build the telescope which will address fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe.

Videos

  • spacer The official SKA science animation

    Get a feel for the vast scale of the SKA as this impressive animation flies you along one of the spiral arms.

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  • spacer The official SKA science animation

    Find out about the inspirational SKA science projects in this short film.

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