Giant radio telescope reaches milestone en route to construction start

The Square Kilometre Array has been a dream of radio astronomers for nearly 3 decades. Today, the project officially becomes the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO). Last month, a treaty ratified by six of the project’s member governments came into force. The project’s governing council—with delegates from the six ratifying nations and 10 others as observers—meets (virtually) for the first time and conjures the SKAO into existence.

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