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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 - 13 Nov 24 - The 2025 Sky Guide Southern Africa is out now

    3 days ago

  • Looking Up - 06 Nov 24 - Distinguished radio astronomer Ron Ekers talks to Kechil in Perth

    1 week ago

  • Looking Up - 30 Oct 24 - Spookiness in space!

    2 weeks ago

  • Looking Up - 23 Oct 24 - Kechil is back in South Africa after visiting astronomers in Perth, Australia

    3 weeks ago

  • Looking Up - 16 Oct 24 - Kechil interviews Dr Rajan Chhetri in Perth, Australia

    1 month ago

  • Looking Up - 09 Oct 24 - Kechil caught up with Jordan Collier in Perth, Australia

    1 month ago

  • Looking Up - 02 Oct 24 - Dr Knicole Colon of the James Webb Space Telescope - Part 2

    1 month ago

  • Looking Up - 25 Sept 24 - Dr Knicole Colon of the James Webb Space Telescope - Part 1

    2 months ago

  • Looking Up - 18 Sept 24 - Kechil gives a round-up of upcoming eclipses

    2 months ago

  • Looking Up - 11 Sept 24 - A candy floss planet!

    2 months ago