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The largest telescope ever made
Episode 164

The largest telescope ever made

What will the square kilometre array teach us?

Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists · The Naked Scientists

November 25, 202031m 29s

Show Notes

This month on Naked Astronomy, we're taking a closer look at the largest telescope ever to be built, the Square Kilometre Array. The SKA spans continents, with some of it in South Africa, and some of it in Australia, but how does that work? And also, what is the SKA going to show us about our universe. To find out, Ben McAllister and Adam Murphy spoke with Phil Diamond, the Director General for the SKA project...Ben - You're probably familiar with the concept of a telescope - humans have been making them for at least hundreds of years, and using them to learn about the Universe beyond our... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Square Kilometre Arraydipole antennaSKAtelescopesphil diamond