Stargazing

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/

The oldest light in the Universe

In this short stargazing talk, Luke Jew looks at the topic - The oldest light in the Universe.

04-05
11:36

The brief history of the Universe

Sergio Martin describes the evolution of the Universe. This talk describes the evolution of the Universe from its infancy up until its possible fates, describing general astrophysical questions such as the emergence of complexity, the first evidence for the existence of dark matter or the formation of galaxies.

03-22
20:41

Rushing Robots and Tons of Glass: Building the WEAVE Spectrograph

Ellen Schallig gives a short talk on building the WEAVE spectograph.

02-21
09:19

Quasars: Are They As Cool As They Sound?

In this flash talk, Josie Peters presents on the topic of quasars.

02-21
06:42

The Big Bang and a Multiverse

Darsh Kodwani gives a short talk on The Big bang and a multiverse.

02-21
26:51

I'm Spinning Around: Watching Galaxies Rotate (Or Not)

Mark Graham gives a short talk on the rotation of galaxies.

02-21
10:55

It's a Star's Life

In this short talk, Rebecca Esselstein gives an overview of a typical star's lifespan.

02-21
08:40

Galactic Archaeology: Mining Stellar Fossils in the Milky Way Halo

Payel Das gives a short talk on mining stellar fossils in the Milky Way halo.

02-21
22:56

Weighing Black Holes

Oxford astrophysicist Martin Bureau gives a talk on black holes.

02-21
26:12

Taking Real Photos of Planets Outside the Solar System

Jean-Loup Baudino gives a short talk on planets outside the solar system.

02-21
08:17

Merging Galaxies: Making the Biggest Mess!

Nathan Adams presents a short talk on merging galaxies.

02-21
08:34

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.

03-28
23:15

On the trail of the most energetic particles in the universe

Rafael Alves Batista, University of Oxford, gives a talk about cosmic rays.

03-28
19:05

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.

03-28
19:35

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.

03-28
20:13

The Seven Wonders of Galaxy Zoo

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

03-13
15:04

Astronomy at the Highest Energies Possible

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

03-13
09:53

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.

03-13
10:12

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.

03-13
09:19

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.

03-13
13:47

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