China’s Tianlai Array, a project designed to study dark energy, has just taken a big step forward in space exploration. It was officially recognized as a "SKA Pathfinder" by the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organization, a global collaboration of 10 countries that are working together to build the world's largest radio telescope. This certification means Tianlai is now part of an exclusive group of projects testing cutting-edge technologies for studying the universe.

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