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Stargazing
by 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/
Episodes
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The oldest light in the Universe
In this short stargazing talk, Luke Jew looks at the topic - The oldest light in the Universe.
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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…
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Rushing Robots and Tons of Glass: Building the WEAVE Spectrograph
Ellen Schallig gives a short talk on building the WEAVE spectograph.
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Quasars: Are They As Cool As They Sound?
In this flash talk, Josie Peters presents on the topic of quasars.
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The Big Bang and a Multiverse
Darsh Kodwani gives a short talk on The Big bang and a multiverse.
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I'm Spinning Around: Watching Galaxies Rotate (Or Not)
Mark Graham gives a short talk on the rotation of galaxies.
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It's a Star's Life
In this short talk, Rebecca Esselstein gives an overview of a typical star's lifespan.
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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.
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Weighing Black Holes
Oxford astrophysicist Martin Bureau gives a talk on black holes.
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Taking Real Photos of Planets Outside the Solar System
Jean-Loup Baudino gives a short talk on planets outside the solar system.
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Merging Galaxies: Making the Biggest Mess!
Nathan Adams presents a short talk on merging galaxies.
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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.
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On the trail of the most energetic particles in the universe
Rafael Alves Batista, University of Oxford, gives a talk about cosmic rays.
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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.
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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.
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The Seven Wonders of Galaxy Zoo
Becky Smethurst shows how citizen science and the Galaxy Zoo project is helping researchers tackle difficult scientific questions.
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Astronomy at the Highest Energies Possible
Researcher Stephen Rayner talks on how astronomers study the highest energies possible to detect particle accelerators in space.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Philae - Rosetta Mission (update)
Researcher Colin Wilson gives an update on the Rosetta mission with the latest news on the Philae comet lander
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From you to the largest structure in the Universe
Robert Simpson, an astronomy researcher from Oxford takes us on a tour of the Universe, explaining the incredible distances and relative dimensions of space.
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Gloomy Worlds: Why are planets cloudy?
Jo Barstow explains the complex science behind the clouds that surround the planets.
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The Philae - Rosetta Comet Mission
On 12 November 2014, the Philae probe achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet nucleus. Colin Wilson, a researcher from Oxford, gives an update on the landing and explains the history and science behind this incredible mission.
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The SKA
Matt Jarvis discusses square kilometer array, commonly known as SKA, in this short Stargazing talk.
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Is our galaxy special?
Chris Lintott looks at the distinctive features of our galaxy and whether it is really special. With apologies for the audio at the start of the talk.
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Galaxy Zoo project
Becky Smethurst from the Zooniverse team outlines the Galaxy Zoo project that allows members of the public to classify new galaxies.
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Zooniverse: Live
Grant Miller and Becky Smethurst give a live demonstration of the Zooniverse tool and explain how it works.
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Atmospheres in the solar system ... and beyond!
What is it like on the planets in our solar system? How hot are they? Is there any water? Jo Barstow explains this and more in her talk.
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Spin Doctors: Creating a planet's atmosphere in the lab
Roland Young discusses his work on studying and recreating the atmospheres of different planets in our solar system.
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Ancient Astronomies - 7000 years in the Kennett Valley
Charles Barclay gives a brief overview of the history of Astronomies and some of the fascinating insights that can be gained from these Ancient practices.
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Colonisation of Mars - the Great Debate
Will there be humans living on Mars in the next 50 years? Is this a good thing, or something that should be completely avoided? Chris Lintott and Colin Wilson debate the pros and cons of this interesting topic.
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Dark Matter - Are we still in the dark?
Kathryn Boast gives a talk about dark matter: what it is, what we know about it, and what the limitations of our knowledge are.
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Inflation - The "BANG" in Big Bang
Luke Jew talks about inflation, the process that scientists believe happened at the very start of our universe and is responsible for all the large scale structures that we see around us.
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Earth-like Planets (and where to find them)
Ever wondered if another planet like our own exists in the vast expanse of space around us? Ruth Angus explains her exciting research into Extra Solar Planets (Exo-Planets) and why research in this area is important.
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Exoplanets
Exoplanets - a talk by Grant Miller.
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Are we special in the Universe?
Peter Hatfield asks if we are special in the Universe.
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Black Holes
A talk about Black Holes by Dr Brooke Simmons.
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Astrophotography
Mel Gigg, Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group, showcases some of his astrophotography.
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Cosmology - What We Don't Know
Chris Lintott talks about the unknown in the study of cosmology.
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Galaxy Zoo
Galaxy Zoo is a Citizen Science project, part of the Zooniverse, which asks the public to classify the morphology of galaxies using images taken by Hubble and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
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Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds. Ruth Angus summarises some of the key discoveries in...
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Uncovering Black Holes and Hunting for Planets
Dr Brooke Simmons talks about Black Holes and planet hunting.
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The Chelyabinsk Meteor
In this talk Dr Ken Amor talks about the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earths atmosphere over Russia on the 15th of February 2013.
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Stepping into the unknown: the search for new planets
Astrophysicist Dr Suzanne Aigrain talks about the search for extra-solar planets.
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A History of the Universe in 12 Minutes
From big bang to the present day, Chris Lintott summarises the history of the Universe in 12 minutes.
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LOFAR and the SKA - The Universe in radio waves
In this talk Dr Matt Jarvis talks about radio astronomy.
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Killer asteroids
In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about large asteroid impacts.
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Pluto - no more a planet
In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about the reclassification of Pluto to a Dwarf planet and the history of its discovery.
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Astro Photography Showcase
Mel Gigg of the Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group showcases some fantastic amateur astro-photography.
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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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