27/02/2023
"The SKA is going to contribute to so many areas of astronomy," said Dr Shari Breen, the observatory's head of science operations.
"One would be these 'fast radio bursts' that have been detected. These things output the equivalent of an entire year's worth of energy from our Sun in just a fraction of a second. And we have no idea what they are. How is that possible? Hopefully the SKA will have an answer."
The telescope is being built in areas already used for radio astronomy on a smaller scale.
To expand these sites, however, has required various land agreements, with farmers in the Karoo; and with the Wajarri Yamaji, the Aboriginal title holders in the Murchison.