2017-18 Talks
Our talks are hosted by
the School of Physics and Astronomy at:
Cardiff University
Queen's Buildings
The Parade
Cardiff
CF24 3AA
All talks start at 7.30 p.m. and attendees are kindly invited to sign the visitors' book upon arrival!
| Date | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7th September 2017 | Gravitational Waves: Nature's Biggest Explosions | Dr. Patrick Sutton, LIGOS |
| 15th September 2017 | The Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Professor Jim Al-Khalili, University of Surrey |
| 21st September 2017 | Thinking About Galaxies | Professor Mike Disney, CAS and Cardiff University |
| 5th October 2017 | OSIRIS-REx - A Journey to Bennu | John Maclean, FRAS - UK Ambassador for NASA's OSIRIS-REx |
| 19th October 2017 | The Day They Launched A Woodpecker Part 1 | Jerry Stone, Spaceflight UK |
| 2nd November 2017 | Northern Lights | Will Gater, astronomy writer, author and journalist |
| 16th November 2017 | The large scale structure of the Universe | Dr Mattia Negrello, Cardiff University |
| 30th November 2017 | The travelling astronomer: observing from Spain | Andy Burns, Wiltshire Astronomical Society |
| 14th December 2017 | Why are lunar seas and craters round? | Dr Jane Clark, CAS |
| 4th January 2018 | Contact with Extraterrestials - how will it change us? | Martin Griffiths, Dark Sky Wales |
| 18th January 2018 | Gaia: the billion star surveyor | Paul Roche, Cardiff University |
| 1st February 2018 | Citizen Science | Alice Sheppard, University College, London |
| 15th February 2018 | Meteors and Fireballs - what can we learn from observing them? | Professor Iwan Williams, Queen Mary University, London |
| 1st March 2018 | Mary Fairfax Somerville TALK CANCELLED BECAUSE OF ADVERSE WEATHER | Dr Allan Chapman, Oxford University |
| 15th March 2018 | The Large Hadron Collider - a theorist's perspective | Professor Mauricio Piai, Swansea University |
| 29th March 2018 | Broadband, Narrowband - from a city | Nick Hart, CAS |
| 12th April 2018 | The Ancient Egyptians and their Astronomy | Dr Pauline Norris, Independent Researcher of Egyptology |
| 26th April 2018 | CAS Annual General Meeting | |
| 10th May 2018 | How to find your own nebula | Dr Rhys Morris, Bristol University |
| 24th May 2018 | Mysteries of the Solar System | Dr Chris North, Cardiff University |
| 7th June 2018 | The Art of Astrophotography | Professor Ian Morison, Jodrell Bank |
| 21st June 2018 | DustPedia - a multi-wavelength study of galaxies | Professor Jon Davies, Cardiff University |
| 5th July 2018 | Mary Fairfax Somerville | Dr Allan Chapman, Oxford University |