Amazing graphics showing the five key science questions that the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will answer. Enjoy!
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The new Square Kilometre Array science animation
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Erica Rogers
November 17, 2013 at 10:10 am
I love this animated video.
Tjaart Blignaut
November 17, 2013 at 10:50 am
It’s great news that South Africa is getting the SKA. At least we can do
something for science. I can’t wait to go and see it for myself.
#squarekilometrearray #southafrica
Denise Case
November 17, 2013 at 11:30 am
Looking for a new channel? The SKA might help. đŸ™‚
The Square Kilometer Array radio telescope will be sensitive enough to to
pick up the equivalent of an airport radar on a planet 50 light years away
– or television signals from distant worlds.
Employing the processing power of a billion PCs, the SKA will help answer
fundamental questions about how galaxies evolved, how gravity behaves near
black holes, and how elements heavier than helium first came into being. It
will be able to detect organic molecules, giving us new insights into
possible Earth-like worlds. 67 organizations from 20 countries are working
together on the effort. Final site selection will be announced next month
(South Africa has been recommended). Construction is scheduled to start in
2016 with operation beginning 2020. http://www.skatelescope.org
sandesh Kumar
November 17, 2013 at 11:41 am
A global collaboration of 19 countries, the SKA will be the largest and
most sensitive radio telescope ever built. The SKA will revolutionize
humankind’s understanding of the cosmos by answering questions about the
origin and evolution of the universe, as well as other mysteries of time
and space. It will consist of thousands of receptors stretched across an
area the size of a continent—the total collecting area of these receptors
combined will be approximately one square kilometer. IBM is working to map
and model the complex ecosystem of capabilities that will be required to
build the SKA.
Ciro Villa
November 17, 2013 at 12:30 pm
See previous two posts for context…
Jeffrey Zirul
November 17, 2013 at 1:07 pm
Looking for a new channel? The SKA might help. đŸ™‚
The Square Kilometer Array radio telescope will be sensitive enough to to
pick up the equivalent of an airport radar on a planet 50 light years away
– or television signals from distant worlds.
Employing the processing power of a billion PCs, the SKA will help answer
fundamental questions about how galaxies evolved, how gravity behaves near
black holes, and how elements heavier than helium first came into being. It
will be able to detect organic molecules, giving us new insights into
possible Earth-like worlds. 67 organizations from 20 countries are working
together on the effort. Final site selection will be announced next month
(South Africa has been recommended). Construction is scheduled to start in
2016 with operation beginning 2020. http://www.skatelescope.org
Mark Joyner
November 17, 2013 at 1:30 pm
Some crazy awesome science about to happen you may not be aware of …
Glenn Jerome Everette
November 17, 2013 at 2:06 pm
I hope this built within my lifetime.
legend101zelda
November 17, 2013 at 2:46 pm
@vladislavsadykov It’s a telescope array. It isn’t/can’t be lethal. No
matter how you look at it. It’s stupid to think it is. To top it off, 20
countries are involved. Including the US, the UK, China, India, Italy,
France, and more. There is no way this could be used as a weapon.
DytonBrothers
November 17, 2013 at 3:35 pm
I know!
Paul Boyle
November 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm
I cannot wait đŸ™‚ I’m always following updates about this project.
Jamie Khan
November 17, 2013 at 4:01 pm
@ROBBINTX it’s discovering and exploring both the universe and the human
being in my opinion đŸ™‚
Vladislav Sadykov
November 17, 2013 at 4:56 pm
@frankconstantin How do you know with such a certainty?
frankconstantin
November 17, 2013 at 4:58 pm
@vladislavsadykov All they do is listening (receiving). There is no (radio)
transmission involved. So I there’s no harm.
mamushi72sai5575
November 17, 2013 at 5:32 pm
lmao. you sound like every other creatard out there.
Fransi Nieuwoudt
November 17, 2013 at 6:06 pm
Can`t believe the little attention this is getting. Its on the level same
level as the large hadron collider
James Tanner
November 17, 2013 at 6:36 pm
This project is a +1 for all mankind. It is an exciting time to live.
mattandpatti222
November 17, 2013 at 7:18 pm
OH goodie…. Satanist doing more damage!
mattandpatti222
November 17, 2013 at 7:19 pm
You goofy… they are listening for Jesus coming back to whoop up on them.
They are Satanist. You know jews/Zionist that print your money and rule
this prison planet and TELL you there is life out there.
Israel Pacheco
November 17, 2013 at 7:48 pm
IT IS GREAT!
flapjackattack4
November 17, 2013 at 8:39 pm
lol, no.
sil3nst
November 17, 2013 at 8:55 pm
its gonna pick up a lot more than radio waves. in fact, its going to make
some rather profound discoveries of the extraterrestrial technology kind.
we wont know how to decipher these signals, at least not for a while, but
these arrays will find billions of them. finally someone is investing or at
least planning this. unfortunately this sort of thing has almost always
been privately funded. why wont governments get behind it? oh, too busy
building weapons of self destruction.
moises300689
November 17, 2013 at 9:50 pm
fantastic!
ROBBINTX
November 17, 2013 at 10:31 pm
Discover and exploring the universe will be the only way to eliminate
IGNORANCE in world.
Vladislav Sadykov
November 17, 2013 at 11:20 pm
They market it like a science project but perhaps it is a BIG mass
distruction weapon?!