The giant $2 billion  Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope design is so vast and distributed it will comprise 3,000 dishes spanning the area of an entire continent. It's not here yet but it is coming in the next decade to provide new insights about the darkest corners of our universe.

SKA will detect distant radio signals that may help answer such questions as: Was Einstein right and how did the first stars and black holes form? 

Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith is at CSIRO planning for the SKA and is at the University of Sydney, where she today is an Honorary Senior Lecturer. On Wednesday, April 4, as part of Perimeter Institute’s Public Lecture Series, Harvey-Smith will give a talk entitled “The Square Kilometre Array: Shining a flashlight into the darkest corners of the universe” at 7:00 PM ET in Waterloo, Ontario. Tickets will be available starting Monday, March 19, 2012.

http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/en/Outreach/Public_Lectures/Public_Lectures/