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IMAGE: Composite image of the SKA-Low telescope in Western Australia. The image blends a real photo (on the left) of the SKA-Low prototype station AAVS2.0 which is already on-site, with an. view more
Credit: ICRAR, SKAO
The federal government will invest $50 million to establish a centre in Perth to process and analyse data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope.
A global collaboration of 16 countries, the SKA will be one of the world s largest science facilities, exploring the entire history and evolution of the Universe, and uncovering advances in fundamental physics.
Construction of the telescope is expected to begin at the end of this year. Initially, it will comprise 131,072 low-frequency Christmas tree-shaped antennas located in WA s remote Murchison region and 197 mid-frequency dish-shaped antennas hosted in South Africa s Karoo region.
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