Stargazing
By Oxford University
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Description
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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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. | 28 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 28 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 28 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 28 3 2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 13 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 13 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 13 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 13 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 13 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 | 13 3 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 19 12 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Gloomy Worlds: Why are planets cloudy? | Jo Barstow explains the complex science behind the clouds that surround the planets. | 19 12 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 19 12 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The SKA | Matt Jarvis discusses square kilometer array, commonly known as SKA, in this short Stargazing talk. | 4 2 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 31 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 31 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Zooniverse: Live | Grant Miller and Becky Smethurst give a live demonstration of the Zooniverse tool and explain how it works. | 30 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 30 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 30 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 29 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 29 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 28 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 28 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 28 1 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Exoplanets | Exoplanets - a talk by Grant Miller. | 12 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Are we special in the Universe? | Peter Hatfield asks if we are special in the Universe. | 12 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Black Holes | A talk about Black Holes by Dr Brooke Simmons. | 12 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Astrophotography | Mel Gigg, Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group, showcases some of his astrophotography. | 5 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Cosmology - What We Don't Know | Chris Lintott talks about the unknown in the study of cosmology. | 5 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 5 12 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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 Ang | 4 6 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Uncovering Black Holes and Hunting for Planets | Dr Brooke Simmons talks about Black Holes and planet hunting. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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LOFAR and the SKA - The Universe in radio waves | In this talk Dr Matt Jarvis talks about radio astronomy. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Killer asteroids | In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about large asteroid impacts. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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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. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Astro Photography Showcase | Mel Gigg of the Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group showcases some fantastic amateur astro-photography. | 16 4 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Galaxies as a Plate of Fruit | Professor Roger Davies explains how we can learn about the different shapes of galaxies using a plate of fruit and a telescope. | 5 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Observing with the Naked Eye | Charles Barclay offers advice on how to get the most out of stargazing with the naked eye and the astronomical activities to look out for in the coming months. | 4 2 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Large Meteorite Impacts on Earth | Ken Amor looks at the science of large meteorite impacts on Earth. | 30 1 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Cosmology | Jo Dunkley reviews the latest research in Cosmology. | 30 1 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Robotic Planetary Exploration | Leigh Fletcher shows how we can use robots to discover more about the planets. | 30 1 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Planets, Planets Everywhere! | Dr Chris Lintott, University of Oxford, gives an overview of the discoveries made about the many billions of exo-planets - the planets that surround stars. | 17 1 2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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