Events
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Steve Barrett – The Beginning of Everything
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Russell Parry – The Appley Bridge Meteorite
Online via ZoomThe fascinating story of the fall and find of the Appley Bridge Meteorite in 1914.
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Mark Gibbons – Black Holes
Online via ZoomFrom being theoretical curiosities predicted by mathematics, to objects we now have direct observational evidence of: black holes. They have a surprisingly wide-ranging effect on the structures we see in the Universe. We have some idea about what goes on inside a black hole, and a better idea what goes on around one. This talk examines how we first […]
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Mike Frost – Isaac Newton and The Surrey Pumas
Online via ZoomAn offbeat look at Newton's theory of gravity - featuring hollow Earths, counter-Earths Trojan asteroids, Kirkwood gaps, Lagrangian nodes, the three-body problem, and those mysterious beasts rumoured to haunt Surrey playing fields and Bodmin Moor. Already delivered on two continents!
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Paul Pope Lecture: Chris Lintott – The Crowd and the Cosmos
Online via ZoomWolverhampton Astronomical Society is proud to present it’s annual free public talk, the Paul Pope Lecture. This year we are delighted to welcome Chris Lintott, co-presenter of the BBC’s Sky at Night program to talk to us about The Crowd and the Cosmos. Astronomer Chris Lintott explains how you could help astronomers sort through galaxies, explore the […]
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Tracey Snelus – Aurora: The Greatest Light Show On Earth
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Paul Fellows – Children of Another Sun
Online via ZoomIt is only in the last twenty years that we have been able to prove that the Sun is not unique in having a family of planets. This talk takes up the story of the discovery of planets beyond the solar system and described how we have gone about tracking down planets orbiting other stars […]
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Damian Hardwick – Inventor, Investigator and Innovator: The life of Sir John Herschel
Online via ZoomThis talk looks back at the life of one the true greats of nineteenth century astronomy. An astronomer who was an inventor, he also investigated scientific problems, and found solutions as well as being an innovator and pioneer.
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Paul Money – Why Are There No Green Stars?
Online via ZoomWe often look up at the night sky and our first impression is one of white stars until we realise a few are actually coloured. Astro images clearly show coloured stars but one things stands out as being absent: Green stars. In this talk Paul takes a look at how we see colour, why we […]
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Robin Hague – Skyrora: Making space sustainable
Online via ZoomRobin Hague is the Head of Launch at Skyrora
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Andy Briggs – How to photograph a Black Hole: the Story of the Event Horizon Telescope
Online via ZoomFREE PUBLIC TALK In 2019, humanity's first image of a black hole was revealed to the world. Join Andy Briggs as he reveals exactly how the image was acquired by the Event Horizon Telescope, and the technological challenges involved in producing what is undoubtedly one of the most iconic scientific images of all time. Andy […]
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Dr Steve Barrett – The ABC of Galaxy Evolution
Online via ZoomWhat are the three factors (the ABC) that determine how galaxies form and how they grow? A = Accretion – Galaxies were formed by matter accreting; B = Black Holes – Supermassive black holes are at the centres of galaxies; C = Collisions – Galaxies grow by colliding and merging.
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Steve Wootton – The Scale of the Universe
Online via Zoom“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”Douglas Adams
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AGM & Adam Foster – My Astronomy Journey
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Prof Ian Morison – Wonders of the Southern Sky
A talk which will look at some of the most interesting objects in the southern skies and how the Small Magellanic Cloud helped solve a fundamental question about the Universe.
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Martin Braddock – Perseverance and Heavenly Questions
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Alex Binks – Young Stars in our Backyard
Online via ZoomAge is a vital property to get right in astronomy, but it's really tricky! Correctly estimating the age of a star (or a cluster of stars) means we can test our understanding of the sequence of events throughout a star's life. On larger scales this leads to clues about the evolution and ecology of our […]
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Georgia Pulford – A Brief Geological History of Time
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Prof Rene Breton – Cosmic fireworks
Online via ZoomA talk on astronomical transients, and in particular about supernovae research.
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Dr Julian Onions – Crazy Interstellar Rockets
Online via ZoomWhat sort of rockets or spaceships could we use to go to the distant stars. We will explore some of the crazier designs that have been proposed over the years, most of which have some possibility of working. The future may be nearer than we think!