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Caltech’s Deep Synoptic Array will be built in Nevada’s White Pine County as a 1,650-dish radio telescope network designed to survey the sky 100 times faster and produce sharper radio images, enabling precise localization of radio sources for follow-up by optical, infrared and X-ray observatories; funded by Schmidt Sciences, with prototype dishes already built and construction planned to begin next year and finish by 2029.
Caltech’s Deep Synoptic Array (DSA) will comprise 1,650 radio dishes spread over roughly 12 by 10 miles in Nevada, designed to survey the cosmos 100 times faster than existing telescopes and relay radio images in real time through a powerful supercomputer, with data made openly accessible to researchers and the public.
Scientists have discovered that fast radio bursts (FRBs), mysterious and intense energy signals, are more likely to originate from massive, star-forming galaxies rather than low-mass ones. This finding supports the theory that FRBs are linked to magnetars, highly magnetized dead stars, which may form when two stars merge and explode in a supernova. The research, conducted using the Deep Synoptic Array-110, has localized 70 FRBs, providing new insights into their origins and the nature of magnetars. A new array, DSA-2000, is expected to enhance these findings when operational in 2028.