Australia wins right to co-host world telescope

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Australia wins right to co-host world telescope

The Australian – Australia will share with South Africa the rights to host the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array, after a meeting of the SKA organisation’s members in the Dutch city of Schiphol last night. The instrument — which consists of 3000 15m-wide dish antennas, with half to be built in each country — will be 50 times more sensitive than today’s most powerful radio telescopes. … New Zealand will host a smaller array of antennas. Read article

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