Continuing with this months theme of the scale of the Universe, Professor Chris Lintott presents a Greshan College video lecture. Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way The discovery […]
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for […]
Our exploration of the Solar System has revealed a remarkable diversity of landscapes, from the frozen deserts of Mars, which billions of years ago ran with water, to the hellish […]
Boyajian's star, a faint and unprepossessing presence in the constellation of Cygnus, attracted astronomers' attention when it began to flicker alarmingly. We will discuss explanations for its behaviour, from disintegrating […]
This month's speaker will be Professor Sergei Gulyaev. Monthly Meeting July - The Pillars of Modern Cosmology: Theory and Observations As we celebrate the centennial anniversary of Friedmann-Lemaitre-Hubble's revelation that […]