What are the cosmic dark ages and what do we know about them? How can the Dark Age Explorer help with it and why does it need to go on the far side of the Moon? 😍 [Interview+] Bonus Part. https://www.patreon.com/universetoday🟣 Guest: Dr Christiaan Brinkerinkhttps://www.ru.nl/en/externals/services/radboud-radio-lab📜 The Dark Ages Explorer (DEX): a filled-aperture ultra-long wavelength radio interferometer on the lunar far sidehttps://arxiv.org/abs/2504.0341800:00 Intro02:31 Cosmic dark ages14:23 21cm line19:03 Current instruments25:00 Dark Ages Explorer41:20 Science objectives50:47 Working with EHT58:09 Current obsessions📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/6OJhhPxzd5U📰 GUIDE TO SPACE NewsletterNo ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/📩 CONTACT FRASER[email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)