Stargazing

Rebecca Bowler, University of Oxford give a talk about the successor to the Hubble telescope - The James Webb Space Telescope - which will detect infrared radiation.

Rafael Alves Batista, University of Oxford, gives a talk about cosmic rays.

Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski, University of Oxford gives a talk about gravitational waves in light of the recent detections by the LIGO detector.

Professor Rob Fender, University of Oxford talks through some observations of black holes.

Becky Smethurst shows how citizen science and the Galaxy Zoo project is helping researchers tackle difficult scientific questions.

Researcher Stephen Rayner talks on how astronomers study the highest energies possible to detect particle accelerators in space.

James Gilbert, a researcher in astrophysics gives an exciting talk on how astronomy uses Spectroscopy - the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy.

Peter Hatfield gives an astronomy talk entitled: How to see the world in a grain of sand and the entire Universe in a super computer.

The Beagle 2 probe had not been seen or heard from since December 2003 and had been presumed lost. Researcher Chris Linttot gives an overview and shows newly found images of the probe on the surface of Mars.

Researcher Colin Wilson gives an update on the Rosetta mission with the latest news on the Philae comet lander

Robert Simpson, an astronomy researcher from Oxford takes us on a tour of the Universe, explaining the incredible distances and relative dimensions of space.

Jo Barstow explains the complex science behind the clouds that surround the planets.

On 12 November 2014, the Philae probe achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet nucleus. Colin Wilson, a researcher from Oxford, gives an update on the landing and explains the history and science behind this incredible mission.

Matt Jarvis discusses square kilometer array, commonly known as SKA, in this short Stargazing talk.

Chris Lintott looks at the distinctive features of our galaxy and whether it is really special. With apologies for the audio at the start of the talk.

Becky Smethurst from the Zooniverse team outlines the Galaxy Zoo project that allows members of the public to classify new galaxies.

Grant Miller and Becky Smethurst give a live demonstration of the Zooniverse tool and explain how it works.

What is it like on the planets in our solar system? How hot are they? Is there any water? Jo Barstow explains this and more in her talk.

Roland Young discusses his work on studying and recreating the atmospheres of different planets in our solar system.

Charles Barclay gives a brief overview of the history of Astronomies and some of the fascinating insights that can be gained from these Ancient practices.