Free Astronomy Public Lectures
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- Update frequency
- every 40 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2022
The ATLAS Experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider - status and outlook (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Prof. Geoff Taylor on 2nd December 2011
The Large Hadron Collider is operating beautifully well. Data from the highest energy particle collisions produced in the laboratory is being amass…
The Large Hadron Collider is operating beautifully well. Data from the highest energy particle collisions produced in the laboratory is being amass…
01:12:52 |
Thu 01 Dec 2011
Into the heart of darkness: Supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies - 2011 (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Darren Croton on 15th June 2011.
Black holes are amongst the most bizarre objects predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Many people may not realise that our own galaxy…
Black holes are amongst the most bizarre objects predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Many people may not realise that our own galaxy…
00:57:35 |
Tue 14 Jun 2011
The Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies - dealings with publishers, editors, typesetters and creating an academic textbook (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Glen Mackie on 15th April 2011.
Galaxies have been observed from ultra high energy gamma rays to long wavelength radio waves, providing fundamental insights into their formation and ev…
Galaxies have been observed from ultra high energy gamma rays to long wavelength radio waves, providing fundamental insights into their formation and ev…
01:19:13 |
Thu 14 Apr 2011
Are we alone?: 50 years of SETI! (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by A/Prof Charles Lineweaver (ANU) on 19th November 2010.
The scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has been going on for 50 years. So far, no signals from intelligent a…
The scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has been going on for 50 years. So far, no signals from intelligent a…
00:57:17 |
Tue 22 Mar 2011
A Scientific Revolution: the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Jonathan Gardner on 23rd February 2011.
Astronomy is going through a scientific revolution, responding to a flood of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, other space mission and large…
Astronomy is going through a scientific revolution, responding to a flood of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, other space mission and large…
00:53:04 |
Tue 22 Feb 2011
Gravitational Lensing: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Professor Richard Ellis on 7th September 2010.
In 1919, Arthur Eddington demonstrated Einsteins's prediction that the Sun's gravity deflects the path of light rays. This phenomonon, terme…
In 1919, Arthur Eddington demonstrated Einsteins's prediction that the Sun's gravity deflects the path of light rays. This phenomonon, terme…
00:58:05 |
Thu 16 Sep 2010
From Games to Galaxies (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Christopher Fluke on 20th August 2010.
Advancements in modern astronomy are increasingly dependent on access to powerful computing facilities. This talk introduces the exciting new wor…
Advancements in modern astronomy are increasingly dependent on access to powerful computing facilities. This talk introduces the exciting new wor…
01:03:33 |
Thu 19 Aug 2010
The Cosmic Dark Ages (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Emma Ryan-Weber on 16th April 2010.
How did the elements come into existence, and how we can use them to count the number of stars in the early Universe? This talk will reveal the dark…
How did the elements come into existence, and how we can use them to count the number of stars in the early Universe? This talk will reveal the dark…
00:45:04 |
Fri 16 Apr 2010
The Extreme Side of Pulsars (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Sarah Burke-Spolaor and Lina Levin on 19th February 2010.
Pulsars are the compact cores of dead stars that periodically flash radio beams at Earth. The regularity of their flashing makes …
Pulsars are the compact cores of dead stars that periodically flash radio beams at Earth. The regularity of their flashing makes …
00:37:46 |
Wed 03 Mar 2010
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