Teresa Anderson

Credit: Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre,
The University of Manchester
Occupation: Director of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
Year born: 1962
Research Areas: Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Public Engagement
Occupation: Director of Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
Year born: 1962
Research Areas: Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Public Engagement
Occupation: Astrophysicist
Year born:
Research Areas: Radio-Astronomy, Artificial Intelligence
Occupation: Astronomer & Musician
Year born: 1738
Research Areas: Astronomy, Radiation
Occupation: Space Scientist and Science Communicator
Year born: 1968
The Laser Interferometry Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detects gravitational waves from the surface of Earth. LIGO consists of two observatories in the USA, one in Louisiana and one in Washington.
The SKA is a multi radio telescope project, designed to be built in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Once built, it will have a collecting area of roughly one square kilometre. It will operate over a wide range of frequencies, and it will be 50 times more sensitive than any existing radio telescope. It will be able to survey the sky 10,000 times faster than ever before.
The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will be the world's largest telescope seeing visible and infra-red wavelengths. It is currently under construction, and is due to be completed in 2024. The primary mirror is 40 metres in diameter, and will collect 100 million times more light than the human eye.