Universe

Movies & public lectures

What are black holes? How are they formed? What do we know about them? We'll cover the latest discoveries in black holes - from the first image of them to detecting their collisions.

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How do astronomers look back in time? And when we do, what do we find out about the Universe's childhood?

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In this talk, Alex will discuss the amazing worlds in our own solar system and beyond, how they formed, how they were discovered and answer the question: is our solar system unique?

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We'll take a journey through the Solar System - from the Sun, to Neptune. We'll stop at some moons along the way and some of the smaller things in our Solar System.

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How do stars form, where does the solar system come from, what are moons and how did ours get there?

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We will talk about how the Earth, Sun, and Moon all work together. We'll touch on day/night, seasons, and the phases of the Moon. We'll do a demo of the phases and seasons that you can do at home, not only for the Moon but other planets! We'll also talk about viewing the phases of the Moon and Venus this month.

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40 years ago the Voyager spacecraft hurtled towards the furthest regions of our solar system. On board was a golden record with the sounds and songs of Earth. If you were to choose a song to go on a new Voyager mission what would it be?

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Space: 'Philosophy for earthlings'

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Did you know astronomers can tell what stars are made of by the colours emitted by them? Tune in to find out more about how scientist use the full spectrum of light to determine the makeup of our Universe.

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