The Square Kilometre Array's software will control hundreds of dishes and thousands of antennas.
The SKA's resolution and sensitivity at radio wavelengths, allied to that prodigious computing support, will enable astronomers to address some of the most fundamental questions in astrophysics today.
The international organisation behind the SKA gave the formal "go" last year to begin construction of the array - a task that will take most of this decade. As part of this commitment, the STFC released £15m on Monday to fund the array's software development. The software will tell the telescope where to look on the sky, diagnose any issues and translate the telescope's signals into useable data from which discoveries can be made.
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