Outback Astronomy
Chris Lintott travels to the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory in Australia to find out how its astronomers managed to see the moment when stars first formed.
In February 2018, news broke that astronomers had seen the cosmic dawn - the moment when stars first formed, flooding the universe with light. What's remarkable is that this incredible event was discovered by an instrument the size of a ping-pong table in a remote corner of Western Australia.
Chris Lintott travels to the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory to find out how they did it and what else the extraordinary radio telescopes there can tell us about the universe.
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Searching for the Cosmic Dawn
Duration: 02:30
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Radio Technicolour
Duration: 02:33
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Journey Down Under
Duration: 01:45
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Starguide: July 2018
Duration: 04:02
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00:03Jean Sibelius
Pelleas and Melisande: At The Castle Gate
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Chris Lintott |
| Producer | Simon Winchcombe |
| Executive Producer | Jonathan Renouf |
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