How radio astronomy uncovers our hidden universe

Indiziert: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]Radio astronomy is communicating with the universe. That's it. That's your simple answer.

[00:00:05]>> Radio astronomy allows us to see things in our universe that our eyes can't see.

[00:00:10]Radio telescopes are like cosmic ears listening for radio waves that are emitted by celestial objects in our universe.

[00:00:17]>> But with radio light that comes into the antenna. It's an electrical signal just the same. And we have to do a bit of translation so that it's something that we understand. I think of it as like a paint by numbers. You can imagine if you're looking at let's say the galaxy um then you can get a paint by numbers where one is red, three is blue.

[00:00:38]>> What can these cosmic paint by numbers tell us about the universe that regular telescopes can't? Find out on are we there yet? Get it wherever you get your podcasts.