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Seeing the Universe

Professor Chris Lintott · Gresham College

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About

The Hubble Space Telescope is the most famous astronomical instrument of all time. A project more than forty years in the making, Hubble overcame an initial disaster with a misshapen mirror to provide us with iconic views of everything from a comet crashing into Jupiter to the surprisingly active very distant Universe. This lecture tells its story – and explains what Hubble has revealed about the life of stars, and our own cosmic origins.

Lectures

  1. A Mirror in the Sky 2024-09-11 · YouTube
  2. Black Holes and Bangs 2024-12-04 · Audio
  3. Touching the Sun 2025-01-15 · Audio
  4. The Biggest Cosmic Map 2025-02-26 · Audio
  5. Asteroid Adventures 2025-04-23 · YouTube
  6. A New Sky 2025-05-28 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Chris Lintott
Year
2024
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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