Unlocking the Universe's Secrets with James Webb Space Telescope (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
This is a special State of the Universe lecture for National Science Week in August 2022. Presented by the Centre for Astrophysics and Super...
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Each month, from February to November, the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing presents a free public lecture at the Hawthorn campus of Swinburne University of Technology.
This is a special State of the Universe lecture for National Science Week in August 2022. Presented by the Centre for Astrophysics and Super...
In astronomy, we use cutting edge instruments and techniques to learn more about our Universe. But what about turning that focus back to Ear...
Behind the serenity of the night sky, hides an ever-changing Universe of brilliant explosions. Join us online for an interactive lecture unc...
Most of our understanding of stars and how they evolve is based on the assumption that they are completely isolated in space, never interact...
Einstein dreamt of a Universe in which space and time were curved by matter, and how black holes would represent the ultimate manifestations...
Presented by Sara Webb and Grace Lawrence on Friday 28 February 2020. When we look to the stars, what we see is a fraction of the universe –...
Presented by Professor Sheila Kannappan on Monday 16 December 2019. Since ancient times, humans have been drawn to understand the heavens wh...
Presented by Dr Tiantian Yuan on 29th November 2019. Scientific research is not only fun but also funny. In this end of the year talk, Tiant...
Presented by Dr Edward (Ned) Taylor on Friday 18 October 2019. At its most basic, astronomy is an attempt to understand the nature of the un...
Presented by Renee Spiewak on Friday 20 September 2019. Like humans, stars often live their long lives in pairs, called binaries. At the end...
Presented by Kim Ellis on Friday, 19 July 2019. This will be an informative lecture on how Australia is making a splash on the international...
Presented by Poojan Agrawal on the 21st June 2019. Beyond the twinkling dots in the night sky, there are all sorts of stars that are beautif...
Presented by Prof. Andreas Burkert on 29th March 2019. The Galactic Center is one of the most fascinating and extreme places in the Milky Wa...
Presented by Dr Daniel C Price on 22nd February 2019. Thanks to new, more powerful technology, astronomers can search the skies faster and w...
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Tara Murphy on 23 November 2018. On August 17th 2017 the LIGO-Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves fr...
Presented by Dr Duane Hamacher and Krystal De Napoli on 1st June 2018. The subject of Indigenous astronomy has skyrocketed in recent years a...
Presented on 19 October 2018 by Dr Michelle Cluver. The more we learn about the universe, the mosre it tends to surprise us. This is one of...
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Jeff Cooke on 11 May 2018. When you look up a the night sky, it appears static and unchanging. However, a closer l...
Presented by Prof. Mike Hudson on 16th March 2018. Most of the matter in the Universe is dark matter: an elusive particle that is completely...
Presented by Dr Emily Petroff on 9 February 2018. Most things in the universe happen over millions or even billions of years but some things...
Presented by Dr Thomas E. Collett on Tuesday 14 November 2017. Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that light rays are bent whe...
Presented by Dr Tiantian Yuan on Friday 29 September 2017. One of the most prominent features of galaxies today is the manifestation of eleg...
Presented by Igor Andreoni on Friday 20 October 2017. The ancients considered the Universe unchanging, and had a special name for the planet...
Presented by Prof. Patricia Vickers-Rich on Friday 7 July 2017. We have been plotting the history of life around the world and climate over...
Presented by Dr Rebecca Allen on Friday 12 May 2017. Galaxies are the largest structures of matter in our Universe. Our own Milky Way has be...
Presented by Dr. Themiya Nanayakkara on 21st April 2017. Over the last century, our understanding of the Universe has grown by leaps and bou...
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Emma Ryan-Weber on 10 February 2017. The whole Universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly 14 billion years ago...
Presented by Dr. Tyler Bourke on 24th March 2017. Australia is part of an international effort to build the World's largest radio telescope,...
On September 14, 2015, gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes rippled through the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Ob...
Presented by Prof. Darren Croton on 21 October 2016. Black holes are among the most bizarre objects predicted by Einstein's theory of Genera...
Presented by Prof. Matthew Bailes on 30 September 2016. Almost 50 years ago Jocelyn Bell built a new telescope with her supervisor Antony He...
Presented by on 22 July 2016 by Rebecca Allen. In the vast cold reaches of space life has been able to gain a foothold and flourish on at le...
Presented on 17 June 2016 by Allan Duffy. In the last 50 years astronomers have come to realise that there exists an invisible type of mass...
Presented on 20 May 2016 by Amanda Karakas. Most of the elements in the periodic table heavier than hydrogen and helium were forged in stars...
Presented on 15 April 2016 by Dr Elisabete da Cunha. Almost one hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble revolutionised our understanding...
Presented on 18 March 2016 by Elodie Thilliez and Matthew Agnew. The Solar system is a remarkable place filled with wonderfully varied world...
Presented by Dr Pablo A. Rosado on 18th February 2016. One of the greatest scientific discoveries of all times was achieved last week: the f...
Presented on 4 December 2015 by Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith. What is Dark Matter? How did the solar system form? Was Einstein right about the natur...
Presented by Dr Laura Wolz on Friday 23 October 2015. Radio telescopes have made numerous appearances in media and films due to their huge,...
Presented by Associate Professor Kim-Vy Tran on Friday 9 October 2015. Since Galileo's time, our ability to study the universe has been driv...
Presented by Prof. Sarah Russell on 11 September 2015. 2015 has been decreed the International Year of Light by the United Nations, and in r...
Presented by Prof. Roger Davies on 4 September 2015. Using exceptional data from Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered supermas...
Celebrate the International Year of Light and National Science Week 2015 with Assoc. Prof. Chris Fluke, as he hosts his fifth annual review...
Presented by Emily Petroff on 19 June 2015. Most things in the Universe happen over millions or even billions of years but some things chang...
Presented by Prof. Jeremy Mould on 7th May 2015. The skies of northern Chile are considered the best in the world for astronomy at visible t...
Presented by Prof. Karl Glazebrook on 10th April 2015. The Universe began in the Big Bang now firmly established at 13.7 billion years ago....
Presented by James Benford on 13th March 2015. Messaging to Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (METI) is an issue dividing those who want to ann...
Presented by David J. Wilner on 13 February 2015. Where did the Earth come from? How can we know? How can particles no larger than those in...
Presented by Dr Katherine Mack on 7th December 2014. Everything humanity has ever seen or experienced represents a tiny speck in a vast and...
Presented by Assoc Prof. Virginia Kilborn on 7th November 2014. Hydrogen gas is one of the main components in a galaxy like our own Milky Wa...