South Africa: Time-Travelling SKA to Look Back At the Birth of Stars

Cape Town — The biggest science project in the world is happening right here - and all South Africans should be excited. The Square Kilometre Array is like Nasa for Africa. It's the World Cup of science.

A group of journalists from the US, UK and China are currently touring the country, on the invitation of Brand South Africa, to find about more about local innovation. On Wednesday 26 March they visited the Cape Town offices of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa, where technical development manager Francois Kapp explained the massive telescope project.

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