Professor Matthew Bailes returns to discuss his recent work on Pulsars as well as his thoughts and feelings on winning the 2023 Shaw Prize for the discovery of Fast Radio Bursts.
Feb 22nd: Meertime Mysteries – Pulsars & Prizes
Jacinta Delhaize Archive
Jan 25th: Zombies of the Cosmos
Today’s Cosmic Savannah discuss with Matthew Bailes about pulsars, gravitational waves and Meertime. Also with Katia Moskvitch about science writing and the worldly adventures she had while doing research for her book.
Dec 28th: Bursts From Space
Today’s Cosmic Savannah talk to Alexander Andersson about Bursts from Space project help scientists train AI to search for radio transients
Nov 23rd: How Galaxies Evolve – The Quest for Cold Gas
In today’s Cosmic Savannah, Jacinta sits down with Dr. Sthabile Kolwa to discuss the ways in which galaxies change over cosmic time.
Oct 26th: Behind the Scenes of the SKAO with Phil Diamond
Today Cosmic Savannah discuss with Professor Phil Diamond about the construction commencement ceremony in Australia and the future SKAO.
Sep 28th: SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony-Australia
Today Cosmic Savannah takes us on a journey to the SKA-Low site in Western Australia for the SKAO Construction Commencement Ceremony in December 2022.
Aug 24th: Pre Season Special – What’s Been Happening!
Jul 27th: Construction of the SKA Commences!
The SKA is a next-generation radio astronomy facility that will revolutionise our understanding of the Universe. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 22nd: Season 4 in Review
Today’s Cosmic Savannah chat about some of the highlights of the past year in astronomy and also some of favourite episodes of season 4.
May 25th: From Dust To Dust
We are joined by Dr. Omima Osman and discuss about cosmic dust as she explains how this dust forms in the death throes of massive stars, how it grows in interstellar space and how it’s then, in turn, destroyed again by the death of stars