WORK is underway to build the world’s largest radio telescope in Western Australia after decades of careful planning.
The Square Kilometre Array Observatory- described as the most significant science project in the world— is taking shape in a remote sheep station in outback Western Australia.
The $3 billion technology will serve as a window to study the origins of the early universe and the potential existence of extraterrestrial life.
The massive telescope consists of 130,000 antennas and 197 radio dishes.
These antennas can map space about 135 times faster than existing telescopes.
To power the world’s largest radio telescope, the engineers of the ambitious project have designed new electronic devices that are so quiet they can cause less disturbance than a mobile phone on the moon.
Experts believe that human-made electronic hums could limit its ability to study the deepest part of the universe.
The construction of the gigantic radio telescope will take approximately five to six years to complete.
