Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This isn’t your typical mirror to check out your beautiful self in. Parabolic mirrors are unique in that they focus parallel rays of light and other forms of energy to a single point.
This powerful precision allows for an incredible range of applications. From collecting satellite TV signals to creating light beams in car headlights, and even huge radio telescopes to reveal the unseen wonders of our universe.
The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will be the world's largest radio telescope observatory, with 197 parabolic radio telescope dishes in South Africa and more than 130,000 low-frequency antennas in Western Australia.
The telescopes will be able to detect radio waves from space faster than existing radio telescopes, allowing scientists to explore the evolution of the early universe.
Head to the link in our bio for more.
📸SKAO
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This isn’t your typical mirror to check out your beautiful self in. Parabolic mirrors are unique in that they focus parallel rays of light and other forms of energy to a single point.
This powerful precision allows for an incredible range of applications. From collecting satellite TV signals to creating light beams in car headlights, and even huge radio telescopes to reveal the unseen wonders of our universe.
The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will be the world's largest radio telescope observatory, with 197 parabolic radio telescope dishes in South Africa and more than 130,000 low-frequency antennas in Western Australia.
The telescopes will be able to detect radio waves from space faster than existing radio telescopes, allowing scientists to explore the evolution of the early universe.
Head to the link in our bio for more.
📸SKAO
#SummerGames #ParabolicMirror #DidYouKnow #Science #Research #FundedByYou
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We are UK Research and Innovation, the UK's largest public funder of research and innovation. If you're a UK tax payer, your contributions help fund the work we showcase on our channel. And if you liked this video, follow us on these channels:
Medium: medium.com/@UKRI
Instagram: instagram.com/weareukri
Facebook: facebook.com/weareUKRI
YouTube:  youtube.com/c/UKResearchandInnovation
Or sign up for our weekly newsletter public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKRI/subscriber/new?topic_id=UKRI_newsletter
