Building the world’s largest radio telescope [Astro et al Ep. 1]

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What is radio astronomy? How big is going to be the next generation radio telescope? What is SKA? This is the first episode of a weekly podcast about the fascinating world of astronomy. On today’s episode, I have a conversation with Phil Diamond, who is the Director General of the Square Kilometre Array, we talk about the science behind this telescope, from the original idea to where they are today. Are we going to prove Einstein wrong? How are we going to be able to see the early universe? All of that and so much more on this first episode of Astronomy et al.

Links

• The sound of vela pulsar
• SKA website

Pictures

SKA Antenna in Australia

SKA Dish in South Africa

Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank

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