South Africa: Radio Telescope to Probe Early Universe May Be Located in Country

Cape Town — An international conference in Cape Town of astronomers involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope - an ambitious project to detect the very faint signals from the early universe - is expected to boost the chances of SA being chosen as the site for the € 1,5bn project.

Decision time for where the SKA - a radio telescope expected to be so sensitive that it could convert weak radio signals dating back to the birth of galaxies and stars into "pictures" by the use of superfast computers - will be sited is expected in 2012.

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