The outback telescope that could see across the universe, perhaps even aliens stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Square Kilometre Array telescope will comprise of 197 dishes in Karoo, South Africa and 131,072 antennas in Western Australia. Construction has officially begun today.
This instrument 'will be one of humanity's biggest-ever scientific endeavours', the Square Kilometre Array Observatory's Director-General Philip Diamond said
Australia starts building massive radio telescope kuwaittimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kuwaittimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world.