Construction of world's largest radio telescope begins

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1 年前

STORY: Combining sister telescope sites in South Africa and Australia, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is an international collaboration between 16 countries.

The Australian site in the Murchison region of Western Australia, known as SKA-Low, will eventually comprise of over 131,000 antennas, each resembling a two-metre-tall Christmas tree. Meanwhile, preparations for the construction of SKA-Mid dishes will also begin at the site in South Africa, which will eventually form a collection of 197 antennas.