"The Dish" Radio Telescope

PARKES, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: (EDITORS NOTE: A POLARIZING FILTER WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS IMAGE): The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) Parkes Observatory radio telescope points to the sky October 27, 2006 in Parkes, Australia. The telescope, affectionately known as "The Dish" is currently observing pulsars at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. The Dish is one of the largest radio telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere, and was used by NASA during the Apollo moon missions. The Dish also starred in a massively popular Australian movie of the same name in 2000. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)