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An historic milestone was reached recently in Australia’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope – a future international radio telescope that will be the world’s largest and most sensitive.

The first antenna to be assembled as part of the Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, an important precursor to the Square Kilometre Array, has received its first radio signals.

“ASKAP’s progress to date shows that our goals, although ambitious, are achievable,” said CSIRO’s SKA Director, Professor Brian Boyle.

”The journey to a thousand SKA dishes begins with a single photon.”
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We’ve spent the last 300 years peering at the stars through a pinhole – but now were going to build a floodlight to see more than ever before….Read Full Article Here