Lecture 1 - Galileo's Telescope
Associate Professor Ruth Barton, The University of Auckland When Galileo turned his telescope to the stars he saw spots on the sun, mountains on the moon, and moons about Jupiter. The moons of Jupiter,...
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Dr Grant Christie MNZM, Research Astronomer, Stardome Observatory The first stars formed when the Universe was less than 2% of its current age. At this early epoch the conditions were very different to...
View ArticleLecture 3 - The search for other planets, other life
Alan Gilmore, Mt John Observatory, University of Canterbury The realisation that stars are just distant suns, like our own, led to speculation about the existence of other planets, and other life...
View ArticleLecture 4 - Comets and asteroids: clues to our origin and threats to our...
Professor Jack Baggaley FRAS FRSNZ, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury Comets and asteroids provide us with vital clues as to how the solar system was born. Small sized...
View ArticleLecture 5 - Neutrinos: Ghosts of the Universe
Dr Jenni Adams, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury. More than 50 trillion solar neutrinos pass through your body every second! Abundant but elusive, these particles have...
View ArticleLecture 6 - The Square Kilometre Array
Brian Boyle, Director, Australian National Telescope Facility Stretching over a continent and comprised of over 5000 antennas, the Square Kilometre Array is proposed to be the world's largest radio...
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