Looking Up - 10 Dec 25 - Gerhard Swart, SKA
Gerhard Swart of the SKA talks to Kechil about South Africa's electric car.
Looking Up
Explore 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…
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Looking Up - 29 Oct 25 - Prof Peter Dunsby, astrotourism project.
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