One of humanity’s biggest-ever scientific endeavours has begun in remote Western Australia. Decades in the planning, construction of the world’s largest radio astronomy observatory, the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array, was launched on Monday at official ceremonies in Australia and its partner installation in South Africa. Some 131,072 antennas will be built at Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, […]

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