CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australia said Wednesday that it remains committed to beating South Africa to host the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope, which will address fundamental ...
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 ...
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Deep in the Australian outback, one of the world's biggest science experiments is being constructed — a 'time machine' that's also capable of finding aliens. It sounds like science fiction, but we're ...
An upgrade to one of Australia's most capable radio telescopes is allowing astronomers to hunt for fast radio bursts (FRBs) at 10 times their typical efficiency. By sifting through billions of pixels, ...