In Australia and South Africa, construction has started on the biggest radio observatory in Earth's history

  • Written by: Cathryn Trott, Research Fellow in Radio Astronomy, SKA-Low Chief Operations Scientist, Curtin University
In Australia and South Africa, construction has started on the biggest radio observatory in Earth's historyArtist's impression of some of the SKA-Low antenna stations.DISR

Construction of the world’s biggest radio astronomy facility, the SKA Observatory, begins today. The observatory is a global project 30 years in the making.

With two huge two telescopes, one in Australia and the other in South Africa, the project will see further into the history...

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