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World’s largest radio telescope needs to hit US$1-billion target

Countries won’t say how much they have pledged to the Square Kilometre Array in Australia and South Africa.
  1. Sarah Wild
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An independent panel of reviewers has approved the design of what will be the world’s largest telescope — the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). But the final design and construction timetable depend on whether the SKA collaboration can raise its first €940 million (US$1 billion).

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Nature 577, 305 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00089-2

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