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The Square Kilometre Array

by Rosie Bolton
The Square Kilometre Array
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 4734 views
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Rosie Bolton describes the importance of this huge project and some of the interesting problems which needed to be solved in its planning and implementation.

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00:17:00

Gravitational waves and the early universe

by Mark Hindmarsh
Gravitational waves and the early universe
for 14-19 and upwards,
Discussions | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1590 views
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Mark Hindmarch talks about our understanding of how we explain the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.

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00:07:00

Black Holes

by Angela Luo
Black Holes
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1886 views
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A very interesting survey of the current knowledge of these strange beasts.

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Galaxy Clusters

by Michelle Sun
Galaxy Clusters
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2207 views
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How these ultra-large objects indicate the presence of both dark matter and dark energy.

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00:05:00

Gravity Waves

by James Pye
Gravity Waves
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 2302 views
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Theory and evidence for gravity waves

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00:02:00

Olber’s Paradox

by Various Presenters
Olber’s Paradox
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 2097 views
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Students explain why the sky is dark at night, despite there being many billions of bright stars.

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01:01:00

Discovery of a dynamic atmosphere at one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus

by Michele Dougherty
Discovery of a dynamic atmosphere at one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2118 views
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In recent years, Enceladus, Saturn's sixth largest moon, has become a major attraction for scientists, with many believing it offers the best hope we have of discovering other life in our solar system. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Satu....

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01:01:00

The end of the world in 2012? Science communication and science scares

by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
The end of the world in 2012? Science communication and science scares
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 6069 views
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21st December 2012 marks an ending of the Mayan calendar and is asserted by some to mark the end of the world. This scare is examined from an astronomical point of view, followed by some reflections on what the scare tells us about the communication ....

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00:47:00

Chasing Venus: the race to measure the heavens

by Andrea Wulf
Chasing Venus: the race to measure the heavens
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1765 views
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New York Times Best Selling and award-winning author Andrea Wulf tells the extraordinary story of the first global scientific collaboration set amid warring armies, hurricanes, scientific endeavour and personal tragedy. On 6 June 1761 and 3 June 1769....

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The Exploration of Mars

by Ryan Stevenson
The Exploration of Mars
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1618 views
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After looking at Mars through telescopes for hundreds of years and seeing irrigation channels and it was believed that there could have been life on Mars. Many superstitions and movies made about life on Mars, including Orson Wells' War of the Worlds....

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Neutron Star

by Steve Milian
Neutron Star
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1489 views
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Core-collapse supernovae and other things.

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The eerie silence – are we alone in the universe?

by Paul Davies
The eerie silence – are we alone in the universe?
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 2278 views
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Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history: the Search for Extraterrestri....

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