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Scientists just mapped 1 million new galaxies, in 300 hours – Space.com
All-sky surveys usually take years. This one took weeks.
Astronomers in Australia have just mapped 83% of the observable universe, in just 300 hours.
This new sky survey, which Australia’s national science agency (CSIRO) described in a statement
as a “Google map of the universe”, marks the completion of a big test for the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope – a network of 36 antennas rooted in the remote Western Australia Outback. While astronomers have been using ASKAP to scour the sky for radio signatures (including…
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