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The Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope.
Artist's impression of the SKA dishes
An array of thousands of receptors will extend out to distances of 3,000 km from a central core region. The SKA will address fundamental unanswered questions about our Universe including how the first stars and galaxies formed after the Big Bang, how galaxies have evolved since then, the role of magnetism in the cosmos, the nature of gravity, and the search for life beyond Earth.
The SKA telescope will be located in either Australia – New Zealand or Southern Africa extending to the Indian Ocean Islands. The target construction cost is €1,500 million and construction is scheduled to start in 2016.
The Square Kilometre Array is a global science and engineering project to build the world’s largest radio telescope. The project is led by the SKA Organisation, a not-for-profit company with its headquarters in Manchester, UK.