May 2019
A very topical subject! Talk by Dr Fabio Biancalana, Heriot Watt University, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences. "I will describe the famous `Hawking radiation', the slow emission of energy [...]
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Talk by Professor Philip Best, FRSE, Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) This is also our AGM. After the talk and what's in the sky this month, non-members should leave [...]
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Talk by Prof. Andrew Lawrence, Regius Professor of Astronomy at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Edinburgh's forgotten astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth. Visitors are welcome at our [...]
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Talk by Dr Richard A. McCracken, Research Fellow Heriot-Watt University Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences The discovery of an planet orbiting a Sun-like star in 1995 sparked a quarter-century [...]
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Talk by John I. Davies, Senior Researcher & Principium Editor, The Initiative for Interstellar Studies i4is Project Glowworm - near term low earth orbit demonstration of laser push technology
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