Work has begun to link five radio telescopes across the UK with a fibre-optic network that will create a virtual telescope spanning some 217km.
The e-Merlin network, which includes Manchester University's Jodrell Bank Observatory and Cambridge's Mullard Observatory, will be one of the most sensitive scientific instruments in the world.
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