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South Africa broke ground on the world's largest radio telescope. Here are 8 stunning views.

It’s literally massive.

by Jennifer Walter
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Giant disks stretch across a vast landscape
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NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

The JWST may have stolen the spotlight in space, but back on Earth there’s a new record-breaking telescope in the works.

Meet the Square Kilometer Array.

It’s destined to be the largest radio telescope ever built, taking up one cumulative square kilometer (a million square meters) between sites in South Africa and Australia.

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