Small cosmic 'fish' points to big haul for SKA Pathfinder

A wisp of cosmic radio waves, emitted before our solar system was born, shows that a new radio telescope will be able to detect galaxies other telescopes can't. The work, led by Dr James Allison of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, was announced today (6 July) at the National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, north Wales. CSIRO's Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope. Credit: CSIRO. Click for a full size imageThe finding was one of the first made ...