World's largest radio telescope to have UK's Jodrell Bank as HQ
by Ian Sample, science editor from on (#84MK)
Site to host headquarters for the Square Kilometre Array, which will draw on over a hundred thousand dishes and antennae across Australia and South Africa
Britain has been chosen to host the permanent headquarters for the world's largest radio telescope, an observatory that aims to delve deep into the early history of the universe.
Members of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project decided on Wednesday that the Jodrell Bank site near Manchester would become the full-time home for the telescope's operational centre, despite an impressive Italian counter-bid.
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