Swinburne University of Technology
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Each month, from February to November, the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing presents a free public lecture at the Hawthorn campus of Swinburne University of Technology.
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A clear public lecture on how Webb's deep fields turn distant light into questions about the first galaxies.
James Webb makes a blank-looking patch of sky feel suddenly crowded in this public lecture, as the view shifts from a ground-based Dark Energy Survey image to Webb's deeper look at the same region.
A broad Australian space lecture linking spectroscopy, student projects, and national capability to the work of going to space.
Australia's place in space comes through in a lecture that starts close to home, with Earth-based support, then moves outward to the instruments and projects pushing that work beyond the atmosphere.
Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-hosts field Cosmic Queries on physics, space, and beyond.
Rotating StarTalk scientist-hosts and a comedian co-host tackle listener-submitted cosmic questions.
ABC Radio National pairs daily Artemis II updates with its five-part Challenger Legacy investigation.
Patient space coverage with real mission context.
["Free Astronomy Public Lectures' \"Australia's growing role in the global space industry\" picks up after Carl's JWST talk and uses Parkes, Artemis, SmartSat CRC, and Earth observation to frame Australia's role in space.", "Sarah frames the Q&A, and the speaker uses Swinburne, ANU, Rhodium Scientific, and NASA examples to map Australia's space niche.", "The lecture's thesis is that Australia contributes through tracking, communications, instrumentation, and applied research rather than sending its own people to the Moon or running a NASA-scale launch program.", "The closing examples are concrete: OZFUEL maps eucalyptus fuel moisture from orbit, machine learning spots smoke in Himawari imagery, and Australian-built missions like Kenyini and Waratah Seed point to more local satellites."]
This episode features a public lecture by Professor Matthew Bales, focusing on neutron stars and black holes to test Einstein's theory of general relativity.
This episode features a public lecture by Renhold, a PhD candidate, discussing star systems and their interactions, with insights into his research and upcoming work at Harvard.
Astronomer Jie Lai Zhang hosts a live public lecture, introducing herself and her passion for discovering the universe through new techniques.
Carl Gracebrook says James Webb's 6-meter segmented mirror, L2 orbit, and five-layer sunshield make infrared astronomy possible, and he notes the team has had its first data for about four weeks.