Free Range Science presents SKA - the world's biggest telescope - Part 1: Introduction & Background
Channel: The Royal Institution of Australia
Date: 2011-08-03

We found out what all the excitement was about as former Bendigo local and current Deputy Director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy, Professor Steven Tingay, returned to town to present a fascinating evening of astronomy. Professor Tingay is one of the country's leading experts on radio astronomy and the world's biggest radio telescope project -- the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). We were lucky enough to get the chance to hear about Australia's bid to host the SKA, the precursor telescopes being built in remote WA, and what the SKA will mean for future scientific discovery.