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New Zealand Joins Aussie Bid For Vast Radio Telescope Array

Posted by timothy on from the was-in-the-neighborhood dept.

schliz writes "A radio telescope in New Zealand has joined five in Australia to challenge Southern Africa to host the international Square Kilometer Array (SKA) in 2012. The newly connected telescope in Warkworth, New Zealand (PDF), is connected to an Australian data processing facility via a 1 Gbps network. Each telescope reportedly produces up to 1 Tb of data per hour of observation. IBM expects the whole of the SKA to produce an exabyte of data per day."

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  1. Is this really a good idea? by CuteSteveJobs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Think twice, New Zealand. If the aliens start beaming you back porn, then Australia will have to filter your radio telescopes.