The largest and most sensitive radio observatory in history, the Square Kilometre Array is currently being built in two remote areas in the Southern Hemisphere: the Great Karoo semi-desert in South Africa and the outback of Western Australia.you read this, installation of the first of four dishes at the site in South Africa should be under way. Eventually, the entire SKA observatory will consist of almost 200 radio dishes and more than 130,000 smaller antennas, distributed over two continents. SKA is expected to leave its mark in every field of astronomy, from solar physics to cosmology.
