In this short stargazing talk, Luke Jew looks at the topic - The oldest light in the Universe.

Stargazing

The oldest light in the Universe

Sergio Martin describes the evolution of the Universe. This talk describes the evolution of the Universe from its infancy up until its possible fates, describing general astrophysical questions such as the emergence of complexity, the first evidence for the existence of dark matter or the formation of galaxies.

The brief history of the Universe

Ellen Schallig gives a short talk on building the WEAVE spectograph.

Rushing Robots and Tons of Glass: Building the WEAVE Spectrograph

In this flash talk, Josie Peters presents on the topic of quasars.

Quasars: Are They As Cool As They Sound?

Darsh Kodwani gives a short talk on The Big bang and a multiverse.

The Big Bang and a Multiverse

Mark Graham gives a short talk on the rotation of galaxies.

I'm Spinning Around: Watching Galaxies Rotate (Or Not)

In this short talk, Rebecca Esselstein gives an overview of a typical star's lifespan.

It's a Star's Life

Payel Das gives a short talk on mining stellar fossils in the Milky Way halo.

Galactic Archaeology: Mining Stellar Fossils in the Milky Way Halo

Oxford astrophysicist Martin Bureau gives a talk on black holes.

Weighing Black Holes

Jean-Loup Baudino gives a short talk on planets outside the solar system.

Taking Real Photos of Planets Outside the Solar System

Nathan Adams presents a short talk on merging galaxies.

Merging Galaxies: Making the Biggest Mess!

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.

Redder is better! Exploring the universe with the successor to Hubble

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

On the trail of the most energetic particles in the universe

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

Advanced LIGO: The Era of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

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

Things that go bump in the night: Exploding stars and black holes

Find out more about our night sky, from new planets to far-off galaxies and the vastness of the Universe. A series of short talks and presentations for the general public from leading astronomy researchers at the Oxford University Physics department - http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/