Or did you know that telescopes are like ‘time machines’ because light takes time to travel from one place to another and we see objects not as they are now but as they were?
The answers to these questions and more are now being explored every week during a new radio show at Connect FM 100.9 – SpaceTime – hosted by Revesby’s Stuart Gary.
In a bid to get kids more interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), radio journalist Stuart has put together what is already a popular program on social media with over 40,000 followers.
An interesting, educational, non-political, family friendly show, SpaceTime reports on the latest discoveries making news in astronomy, space flight and science.
Complicated stuff is explained in an easy to understand manner; Stuart follows Albert Einstein’s motto ‘If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself’.
After retiring from the ABC where he presented a science show called ABC StarStuff, Stuart began reading mail from numerous people who became scientists because of his show, and felt he should keep StarStuff going but changed the name to SpaceTime.
“There’s a lot of extraordinary developments to talk about,” he says.
“Everyone’s very excited about NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope which earned the ‘time machine’ nickname after NASA released five images of the universe as it appeared more than 13 billion years ago – within 700 million years of the Big Bang.
“We’ll soon have a much better understanding of everything and textbooks will be rewritten; I invite everyone to jump on board and join the journey.”
Tune in each Thursday to hear the show from 5-6pm.
