About this episode
More than 30 years ago, astronomers came up with the bold idea to build the world’s biggest radio telescopes.
One is now taking shape in the Western Australian outback, where scientists and engineers are installing more than 130,000 Christmas-tree-shaped antennas onto the red earth.
And those stunning auroras over the past year? There’s a good chance we’ll see more colourful displays in 2025.
All that and more with ABC Science digital executive producer Genelle Weule and University of Sydney astronomer and 2024 ABC Science Top Fiver Dr Laura Driessen.
Get every episode summarized
Each time The Science Show publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from The Science Show
Celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday and a new way of making vaccines
The Science Show
Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?
The Science Show
Australian science under strain
The Science Show
Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia
The Science Show