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.
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Australia's growing role in the global space industry (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
In astronomy, we use cutting edge instruments and techniques to learn more about our Universe. But what about turning that focus back to Ear...
A Flash of Discovery (Free Astronomy Public Lecture)
Behind the serenity of the night sky, hides an ever-changing Universe of brilliant explosions. Join us online for an interactive lecture unc...
Friendly stars and where to find them (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Most of our understanding of stars and how they evolve is based on the assumption that they are completely isolated in space, never interact...
Exploring Einstein's Universe with Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Einstein dreamt of a Universe in which space and time were curved by matter, and how black holes would represent the ultimate manifestations...
The Dark Universe (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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 –...
Truth and awe in astronomy (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Professor Sheila Kannappan on Monday 16 December 2019. Since ancient times, humans have been drawn to understand the heavens wh...
The unintended humour of the Universe (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
The Cosmic Perspective (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
The Never-Ending Story of a Star (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Renee Spiewak on Friday 20 September 2019. Like humans, stars often live their long lives in pairs, called binaries. At the end...
Space law - It's not rocket science (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
The vivid lives of stars (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
Watching a Little Gas Cloud on its Way into the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
Things that go bump in the night: fast radio bursts and the search for life beyond Earth (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Daniel C Price on 22nd February 2019. Thanks to new, more powerful technology, astronomers can search the skies faster and w...
Breakthrough! The detection of gravitational waves from a neutron star merger (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Assoc. Prof. Tara Murphy on 23 November 2018. On August 17th 2017 the LIGO-Virgo interferometer detected gravitational waves fr...
The rapidly growing world of Indigenous astronomy (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Presented by Dr Duane Hamacher and Krystal De Napoli on 1st June 2018. The subject of Indigenous astronomy has skyrocketed in recent years a...
Hidden Features: Discovery space in a reluctant Universe (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
Deeper, Wider, Faster: Chasing the fastest bursts in the Universe (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
Cosmic mirages: seeing dark matter with gravitational lenses (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...
The fast radio burst mystery (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
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...