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Looking Up

Looking Up

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Five minutes at the end of each week explores the big and the small questions in astronomy, cosmology, and space science. Hosted by Kechil Kirkham, no subject is too big or too small, and experts are regularly brought on board to illuminate and excite. Cape Town is the place to be for astronomy, with some of the largest telescopes in the world housed or being built not too far away. Looking Up takes advantage of the shoals of scientists and engineers working on the planet’s most advanced astronomy projects, who live and work right here in the Mother City. Kechil has recently acquired an MPhil in Space Studies at the University of Cape Town, and works in South Africa’s space industry on the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope.

Recent Episodes

  • Looking Up - 16 July 25 - Machine learning in astronomy.

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  • Looking Up - 09 July 25 - FMR's John Woodland

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  • Looking Up - 02 July 25 - Dr Karen Lee-Waddell, Director of the AusSRC.

    2 weeks ago

  • Looking Up - 25 June 25 - The amazing Vera C Rubin telescope has switched on!

    3 weeks ago

  • Looking Up - 18 June 25 - The Place of the Stars

    1 month ago

  • Looking Up - 11 June 25 - Professor Oleg Smirnov and Kechil talk more about PARROT pulsar

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  • Looking Up - 04 June 25 - Distinguished Prof. Oleg Smirnov talks to Kechil

    1 month ago

  • Looking Up - 28 May 25 - The Blue Danube in space!

    2 months ago

  • Looking Up - 21 May 25 - What is an AGN? And What is an inactive black hole?

    2 months ago

  • Looking Up - 14 May 25 - What's up now that winter's here?

    2 months ago