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Caltech's Nevada Deep Synoptic Array to Double Radio Catalog

6/23/2026

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Caltech will build the Deep Synoptic Array in White Pine County, Nevada after Schmidt Sciences funding.
The array will have 1,650 steerable 20-foot dishes covering more than 123 square miles.
Construction starts in 2027 and finishes in 2029.
The telescope will scan the visible sky 100 times faster than any existing observatory, doubling the known radio-source catalog within 24 hours and targeting over 1 billion new sources in its first five years.

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Story summary

Caltech will build the Deep Synoptic Array in White Pine County, Nevada after Schmidt Sciences funding.
The array will have 1,650 steerable 20-foot dishes covering more than 123 square miles.
Construction starts in 2027 and finishes in 2029.
The telescope will scan the visible sky 100 times faster than any existing observatory, doubling the known radio-source catalog within 24 hours and targeting over 1 billion new sources in its first five years.