Vastly more sensitive than the world's best existing radio telescopes, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be one of the largest and most ambitious international science projects ever devised. It will help answer fundamental questions about the evolution of the universe.
Australia and New Zealand have been shortlisted by the international science community as one of two potential locations for the SKA.
The Australian Government, New Zealand Government, the State of Western Australia and Australia's premier science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are working together to maximise participation in the SKA by Australia and New Zealand. We are establishing a candidate core site in Western Australia and building the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP).
Several Australian and New Zealand universities are also actively engaged in SKA related research activities. Other international partners include the USA, Canada, South Africa, India and a number of European countries.