The world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope will be shared by South Africa and Australia, project organizers announced today (May 25). Both nations had been vying to host the Square ...

Astronomers are now closer to a major technological upgrade. Australia has started construction of its portion of the Square Kilometer Array, a system that should become the world's largest radio ...

The world’s largest radio telescope is officially under construction in Australia, where work is underway on one component of what will be an intercontinental instrument. When operational in the late ...

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Australia and South Africa have been short-listed as the countries to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a giant next-generation radio telescope being developed by scientists in 17 countries. The ...

The MSH 15-52 nebula has been captured by the Australia Telescope Compact Array and Chandra’s X-ray Telescope in this ...

CSIRO’s Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO), located in remote Western Australia, is the site proposed by Australia and New Zealand to host the high-density core of the multi-billion dollar ...

Australia and Southern Africa have been shortlisted to host a new radio telescope that is 50 times more powerful than any that exist today. The shortlist for the international Square Kilometre Array ...

Following three decades of preparations, construction has finally commenced on the largest radio telescope the world has ever seen. Known as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the under-construction ...

Expect a major technological upgrade from astronomers as the world's largest radio telescope has started its construction in Western Australia. The Square Kilometer Array will contribute to studying ...