Africa could host the world's most powerful telescope

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Africa could host the world's most powerful telescope - The Guardian

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 21:19 |

Africa could host the world's most powerful telescope
The Guardian
South Africa is ready to host the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images Sitting in a white prefab hut, Lindsay Magnus punches a code into a computer beneath bands of red, ...
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