National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025

Session

Public Talk (open also to participants)

7 Jul 2025, 19:30

TLC042

Description

Public Talks will not be streamed to general public - only attendance in person is open to the public.
Registered participants will be able to join remotely via Zoom.

1048. Supernovae, Advanced Telescopes and the Search for Dark Energy

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.  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...

1049. The Supermassive Podcast live – black hole special

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 UK’s 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.