SKA: Shooting for the stars with AI The SKA Observatory is building the largest and most powerful radio telescope ever created. Powered by AI, the potential for answers about the universe and its origins will increase by orders of magnitude. By Samuel Luke Winfield and Linda Xu The intergovernmental Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory will be in charge of building and operating the largest and most powerful radio telescope ever created. With a collection area that will cover more than 1 million square meters and the first prototype elements recently rolled out in Western Australia and South Africa, the potential for answers about the universe and its origins will increase by orders of magnitude, with artificial intelligence likely to occupy a key role.