In March 2025, Australia’s new SKA-Low telescope photographed 85 galaxies using just 1,024 of its planned 131,072 antennas — less than one percent of its full power, and the image was already beyond what scientists hoped for

In March 2025, Australia’s new SKA-Low telescope took a picture of the sky dotted with 85 galaxies. It did so using just 1,024 of the 131,072 antennas it will eventually have, less than one per cent of the finished instrument. And even at that tiny fraction of its planned power, the image came out better [...] The post In March 2025, Australia’s new SKA-Low telescope photographed 85 galaxies using just 1,024 of its planned 131,072 antennas — less than one percent of its full power, and the image