The first of more than 130,000 two-meter tall antennas were on Thursday installed in the Murchison region of Western Australia (WA) more than 500 kilometers (km) northeast of Perth.
An initiative of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) - a global astronomy organization - the SKA-Low will enable scientists to explore a billion-year period when the first stars and galaxies formed.
Ten field technicians, seven of whom are from the Wajarri Yamaji Aboriginal community who are the traditional owners of the Murchison region, have been tasked with building the antennas across 74 km of the observatory site, with construction to be completed by 2030.
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