4 events Coming up
15 May 2012
Big Picture Seminar with Nobel Laureate Professor Brian Schmidt
"The Acceletating Universe and the hunt for dark energy: A crazy result that broke our understanding of the nature of the Cosmos" In 1998, two international teams raced to determine the fate of the Universe. Was it expanding or contracting? They ...
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Free Public Lecture16 May 2012
6:30–7:30PM
The Great Melbourne Telescope: Astronomy and the public understanding of science
The Great Melbourne Telescope is one of the great hidden stories of 19th century Melbourne, yet at the time it received much press coverage and public attention. Erected at Melbourne Observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest telesc...
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Seminar/Forum05 Jun 2012
Your guide to the Transit of Venus
The transit of Venus is one of the rarest astronomical events you will ever see. It only occurs twice in most human lifetimes. Observers in Melbourne will be in a great position to see the transit on 6 June, but don't miss this one or you won't g...
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Free Public Lecture13 Jul 2012
Understanding the cosmos
In recent years, astronomical observations have provided a remarkable basis for our understanding of the largescale structure of the universe. In this lecture, Jeremy Mould will discuss observations of dark matter, the expanding and accelerating ...