Stargazing

Mar 28 2017 45 ep. 14 mins 2.1k

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Find out more about our night sky, from new planets to far-off galaxies and the vastness of the Universe. A series of short talks and presentations for the general public from leading astronomy researchers at the Oxford University Physics department - http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/

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Redder is better! Exploring the universe with the successor to Hubble

Mar 28 2017 23 mins

Rebecca Bowler, University of Oxford give a talk about the successor to the Hubble telescope - The James Webb Space Telescope - which will detect infrared radiation.

On the trail of the most energetic particles in the universe

Mar 28 2017 19 mins

Rafael Alves Batista, University of Oxford, gives a talk about cosmic rays. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Advanced LIGO: The Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Mar 28 2017 19 mins

Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski, University of Oxford gives a talk about gravitational waves in light of the recent detections by the LIGO detector.

Things that go bump in the night: Exploding stars and black holes

Mar 28 2017 20 mins

Professor Rob Fender, University of Oxford talks through some observations of black holes.

The Seven Wonders of Galaxy Zoo

Mar 13 2015 15 mins

Becky Smethurst shows how citizen science and the Galaxy Zoo project is helping researchers tackle difficult scientific questions.

Astronomy at the Highest Energies Possible

Mar 13 2015 9 mins

Researcher Stephen Rayner talks on how astronomers study the highest energies possible to detect particle accelerators in space.

Spectromania!

Mar 13 2015 10 mins

James Gilbert, a researcher in astrophysics gives an exciting talk on how astronomy uses Spectroscopy - the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy.

How to see the world in a grain of sand

Mar 13 2015 9 mins

Peter Hatfield gives an astronomy talk entitled: How to see the world in a grain of sand and the entire Universe in a super computer.

The Beagle expedition to Mars

Mar 13 2015 13 mins

The Beagle 2 probe had not been seen or heard from since December 2003 and had been presumed lost. Researcher Chris Linttot gives an overview and shows newly found images of the probe on the surface of Mars.

The Philae - Rosetta Mission (update)

Mar 13 2015 17 mins

Researcher Colin Wilson gives an update on the Rosetta mission with the latest news on the Philae comet lander