The Fascinating World of Radio Astronomy
We see the stars twinkling when we look up at the night sky. Now what if we could get more information along with just the visible light from them? This is precisely what radio astronomy does—it tunes into the cosmos by detecting radio waves emitted by celestial objects and views the “invisible universe”. This fascinating […]
The Square Kilometre Array: A Giant Leap in Radio Astronomy
One of the most ambitious projects in radio astronomy is the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), currently under construction in South Africa and Australia. Once completed, this international project will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built in the world. What is the SKA The SKA is not a single telescope but an […]
