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Discovering the Universe

Professor Chris Lintott · Gresham College

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About

The discovery that we live in an ordinary galaxy, one of several hundred billion in the observable Universe, instigated a profound change in thinking about our place in the Universe. This first lecture covers the Great Debate of the early twentieth century as new telescopes and new ways of observing the cosmos put our Milky Way in its place; and looks at how subsequent observations helped us understand how galaxies like our own formed and evolved.

Lectures

  1. Island Universes: Discovering Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way 2023-09-13 · YouTube
  2. The Marvels of the Solar System 2023-10-25 · YouTube
  3. 'Oumuamua: Our first interstellar visitor 2024-01-24 · YouTube
  4. Pulsars, Microwave Ovens and the Radio Sky 2024-02-21 · YouTube
  5. Is it Aliens? The Most Unusual Star In The Galaxy 2024-04-29 · YouTube
  6. First light: Revealing the Early Universe 2024-05-29 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Chris Lintott
Year
2023
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Astronomy and space
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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