"SKA Prototype Telescope Achieves First Light, Revealing Milky Way Core"

The Square Kilometre Array's radio telescope prototype, SKAMPI, has achieved first light in South Africa, demonstrating its spectral and pulsar capabilities by capturing the Southern sky at 2.5GHz wavelength. The telescope's success will inform the development of the 197-dish SKA-Mid telescope and the construction of the SKA-Low facility in Australia. India has also recently become a full member of the Square Kilometre Array project.