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Over a decade ago I first came to Australia (Perth to be specific!) to work on the incredible CSIRO constructed Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope, and in particular the WALLABY / DINGO survey, that would scan the sky in radio and advance our knowledge in so many areas - how many? Well this exhaustive review article just accepted in ApSS can tell you!
Read MoreThe incredible success of Elon Musk's SpaceX in landing on a barge at sea opens the way to potentially reusable rockets, slashing the costs of space travel. The same Falcon 9 had launched a potentially groundbreaking new space module, a blow-up (or inflatable) habitat by Bigelow Aerospace known as BEAM that has now docked with the International Space Station.
I was lucky enough to get to write for ABC The Drum about this, as well as speak to TripleJ Hack about what this might mean for the future of space exploration.
Read MoreI made it to the panel of ABC's The Drum to chat about finding aliens with the amazing Breakthrough Listen project and the lead role Australia is playing in this endeavour.
Read MoreA long (~1 hour!) chat about astronomy, the nature of the Universe, how we know what we know about dark matter and why I ended up the other side of the world from where I grew up creating baby universes inside a supercomputer.
Read MoreFun interview with the amazing team of Dr's on the Einstein a go go show, chatting about an ancient star recently discovered by an Australian telescope
Read MoreA fun interview about the recent discovery of the oldest star, and a plug for an upcoming Science of Doctor Who show I'm involved in... (Thanks Matt!)
Read MoreAn interview (10th Jan 2014) with ABC 774 Drive time presenter Michael Veitch ended up being a 40 min show with me taking calls from around Australia. A lot of fun with some seriously challenging questions!
Read MoreThe story of the 18th century French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil.
Read MoreA fun chat about a free-floating planet and water-rich asteroids with a very well-versed Brian Carlton breaking astronomy stories..!
Read MoreA phone interview about the latest research into the meteorite which caused so much damage in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Read MoreInterview about the UN efforts to combat the threat of asteroid
Read MoreWhat started off as a chat about my latest research on finding galaxies with a soon to be built telescope ended up in a massive discussion about the Big Bang!
Read MoreTogether with the wonderful Renae Sayers we were brought on the show to talk about a live debate called Profs and Pints that was running that week. Then questions (and inappropriate plugs on air) went wild.
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