Prof.
Isobel Hook
(Lancaster University)
07/07/2025, 19:30
Public Talk
Over 25 years ago, two teams of astronomers discovered that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating.ย This discovery was based on careful measurements of exploding stars, or supernovae, and the unexpected result earned the Nobel Prize for physics in 2011. However, the cause of the accelerating expansion remains a mystery. One explanation is that the universe is being pushed apart by some...
Rebecca Smethurst
(University of Oxford),
Izzie Clarke,
Robert Massey
(Royal Astronomical Society / University of Sussex)
10/07/2025, 19:30
Public Talk
Join hosts Dr Becky Smethurst, Izzie Clarke and resident astronomer Dr Robert Massey for a live recording of the UKโs most popular astronomy podcast. From bending time to spaghettification, this is your chance to join an audience of some 90,000 space fans around the world and ask the team your burning questions about black holes.
