The Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope.
Thousands of linked radio wave receptors will be located in Australia and in Southern Africa. Combining the signals from the antennas in each region will create a telescope with a collecting area equivalent to a dish with an area of about one square kilometre!
Artist’s impression of the SKA dishes. Credit: SKA Organisation/TDP/DRAO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions
Construction is scheduled to start in 2016.
More information on www.skatelescope.org!