Stargazing
Stargazing
Oxford University
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/
Redder is better! Exploring the universe with the successor to Hubble
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.
Mar 28, 2017
23 min
On the trail of the most energetic particles in the universe
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/
Mar 28, 2017
19 min
Advanced LIGO: The Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski, University of Oxford gives a talk about gravitational waves in light of the recent detections by the LIGO detector.
Mar 28, 2017
19 min
Things that go bump in the night: Exploding stars and black holes
Professor Rob Fender, University of Oxford talks through some observations of black holes.
Mar 28, 2017
20 min
The Seven Wonders of Galaxy Zoo
Becky Smethurst shows how citizen science and the Galaxy Zoo project is helping researchers tackle difficult scientific questions.
Mar 13, 2015
15 min
Astronomy at the Highest Energies Possible
Researcher Stephen Rayner talks on how astronomers study the highest energies possible to detect particle accelerators in space.
Mar 13, 2015
9 min
Spectromania!
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.
Mar 13, 2015
10 min
How to see the world in a grain of sand
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.
Mar 13, 2015
9 min
The Beagle expedition to Mars
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.
Mar 13, 2015
13 min
The Philae - Rosetta Mission (update)
Researcher Colin Wilson gives an update on the Rosetta mission with the latest news on the Philae comet lander
Mar 13, 2015
17 min
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