Caltech's Deep Synoptic Array: A 100-Times Faster Radio Telescope Planned for Nevada Desert
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Matthew Phelan
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Caltech has announced final design specifications for the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA-2000), a massive radio telescope to be built in a radio-quiet region of the Nevada desert. The telescope promises to survey the cosmos 100 times faster than any existing radio telescope, featuring thousands of antennas working together. The project highlights the growing challenge of finding radio-quiet zones on Earth for astronomical observation, with NASA even considering lunar-based telescopes to escape radio interference.
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bskyCaltech's Deep Synoptic Array: A 100-Times Faster Radio Telescope Planned for Nevada Desertgizmodo.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledRadio-quiet regions, like the area around West Virginia's Green Bank Observatory, are hard to come by.
The spots are so coveted by astronomers that NASA launched plans in 2023 to put radio telescopes all the way on the dark side of the Moon just to get enough silence to do this work in peace.
Caltech's plans might not be for the Moon, but they're still tremendously exciting.
The university announced final design specs last Thursday to colonize a desolate patch of the Nevada desert for a radio telescope that promises to survey the cosmos 100-times faster than any other.
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