A selection of short talks, some of which are audience participation via little quizzes.Note: The speaker will be presenting this remotely via zoom. - Meteorites and Craters- Astronomical Rogues- Bigger, […]

A summary of all the elements of the Drake Equation. What are their effects on the solution to the Equation.Simply put, What are the chances of life elsewhere in the […]

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on 23 July 1999 by the Space Shuttle Columbia. Now in its 25th year of operations, Chandra continues to be an indispensable tool for […]

Mark presents a talk on his visit to the Wabar Meteorite craters of Saudi Arabia. Bio: I have been an active amateur astronomer for many years. Originally from Keighley, West […]

After a very brief review of how telescopes work, we look at some of the existing telescopes, both visible and other wavebands, and consider why they are so big, what […]

Due to the planned speaker being unwell, Doug has stepped in to present a talk on Lord Wrottesley. Lord John Wrottesley (Second Baron of Wrottesley) contributed to 19th‐century astronomy as an […]

NOTE: Lucie will be presenting this talk via Zoom, not in person at the University. Seeing a total solar eclipse is an experience that you never forget. For a brief […]

Beagle 2 was an extraordinary project in so many ways and like no other in terms of organisation and execution.  It was primarily looking for signs of extinct and/or extant […]

A talk given from the VLT on Paranal, what we do as a support astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory in Chile. Followed by a live showing of the […]

Gaia is a European Space Agency satellite that has been mapping individual stars in our Milky Way Galaxy since its launch in 2013. I will explain how its 3 trillion […]

Wolvas member Damian Hardwick presents a series of three short talks, titled:● Max Planck meeting the Chancellor.● Sending Humans to Mars● Comet Halley is coming the 40th anniversary.

With the recent launch of NASA's Europa Clipper mission, this presentation looks back at the history of spacecraft that have visited the mighty planet, the challenges they faced and the […]

Note: Dr Mason will be presenting this talk remotely via zoom The Sun has given us quite a few X class flares recently and even some beautiful displays of the […]

Dr Andrew Gascoyne from the University of Wolverhampton will give a talk on sunspots: Sunspots have long served as a window into the dynamic processes of our nearest star.  This […]

We take a trip down memory lane for a retrospective look at the steady state theory. Starting with its origins and how it compared to the big bang theory. The […]

Society member Linda Manas presents a talk on Trigonometry in Astronomy: Measuring the Earth and the Moon. Linda will discuss early trigonometrical methods of finding the Earth’s tilt, latitude and […]

Most of the UK population live either in a city or town, or near enough to one, that light pollution is a problem for both observers and imagers. Robin Scagell, […]