Nations vie for giant telescope

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[glow=red,2,300]Nations vie for giant telescope[/glow]

Australia or South Africa will get to host one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century.

The countries have been shortlisted to be the home of the 1bn-euro-plus Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a giant next-generation radio telescope.

The SKA's huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.

They will probe the early Universe, test Einstein's theory of gravity and even search for alien intelligent life.

The steering committee tasked with pushing the project forward has now settled on the two prime locations where the exacting technical demands of the telescope could be met.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5388690.stm

[daz]

Greg could always host it in his back garden.

Just left of the apple orchard, I would think