Science The design for the largest radio telescope in the world is ready. Intention is to next year in the outback of Western Australia to begin the construction of the SKA, aka the ‘Square Kilometre Array’, a reference to the total net platter surface of 1 km2.
The entire area that radio signals from space should cushion covers, indeed, more than 1 million square meters. In South Africa the second main component of the megatelescoop with a diameter up to 5,000 km. In 2028, he would surgically. SKA would be in the space should be able to look up to just after the big bang .
for a Long time there was a fight between South Africa and Australia to be the biggest radio telescope ever to be build. The project of approximately 1.5 billion euro, was ultimately to both countries. A dozen other countries are involved. The netherlands bought in for 30 million euros and also Canada, China, France, India, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
