Space weather and how it affects ground-based technology
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, EdinburghTalk by Gemma Richardson of the Geomagnetism team at the British Geological Survey. We will also have the Sky in October from Alan Pickup. Space weather is a relative newcomer [...]
Art and its influence on our understanding of the cosmos
OnlineTalk by Greg Smye-Rumsby For millenia, art has played a key role in unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos. Stories about the heavens and the position of the ’star signs’ [...]
Partial solar eclipse livestream
OnlineWe will be livestreaming on YouTube the partial solar eclipse using the historic 6-inch Cooke telescope on Calton Hill, weather permitting. We will also have some solar telescopes on Calton [...]
The Pluto Story
Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, EdinburghA talk from Professor Ian Robson, BSc, Phd, FRAS, CPhys, FInstP. Royal Observatory Edinburgh Fellow. In person at the AUC and online via YouTube. This talk is all about Pluto, [...]
What makes a planet habitable? – From life on Earth to life on extrasolar planets
OnlineTalk by Patrick Barth, University of St Andrews In the last 25 years we have found thousands of planets around other stars, but so far we were not able to [...]
The Last Stargazers
OnlineTalk by Emily Levesque A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer that discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that can fly. The science of astronomy is filled with true [...]