Public astronomy lectures

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We have temporarily paused our public lecture program due to COVID-19. The Centre of Astrophysics and Supercomputing greatly appreciates the ongoing support and hopes to be back running the program soon.

Past lectures

2019

Date	Speaker	Institute	Topic	Location	Time
22 February	Dr Daniel C. Price	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	Things that Go Bump in the Night: Fast Radio Bursts and the Search for Life Beyond Earth	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
29 March	Professor Andreas Burkert	Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich	Watching a Little Gas Cloud on its Way into the Galactic Supermassive Black Hole	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
30 May	Wayne Thorpe, Krystal De Napoli, Dr Duane W. Hamacher	Monash University, Swinburne University	Title First Nations, First Astronomers: Swinburne Annual Reconciliation Lecture	ATC101	5.30-7.30pm
21 June	Poojan Agrawal	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	Vivid Lives of Stars	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
19 July	Dr Kim Ellis	Space Centre, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	Space Law – It’s Not Rocket Science	EN102	6.30-7.30pm
16 August	Debatri Chattopadhyay	OzGrav Centre of Excellence, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	State of the Universe: Gravity and Black Holes	AMDC 301	6.30-7.30pm
20 September	Renee Spiewak	OzGrav Centre of Excellence, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	The Never-Ending Story of a Star	EN103	6.30-7.30pm
18 October	Dr Ned Taylor	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	The Cosmic Perspective	EN103	6.30-7.30pm
29 November	Dr Tiantian Yuan	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	The Unintended Humour of the Universe	ATC101	7-8pm
16 December	Professor Sheila Kannappan	University of North Carolina	Truth and Awe in Astronomy	EN103	6.30-7.30pm

2018

Date	Speaker	Institute	Topic	Location	Time
9 February	Dr Emily Petroff	ASTRON - the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy	The Fast Radio Burst Mystery	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
16 March	Professor Mike Hudson	University of Waterloo, Canada	Cosmic Mirages: Seeing Dark Matter with Gravitational Lenses	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
27 April	Dr Angel R. Lopez-Sanchez	AAO and Macquarie University	Capturing the Light of the Universe	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
11 May	Associate Professor Jeff Cooke	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	Deeper, Wider, Faster: Chasing the Fastest Bursts in the Universe	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
1 June	Dr Duane Hamacher and Krystal De Napoli	Monash University	The Rapidly Growing World of Indigenous Astronomy	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
27 June	Professor Lisa Kewley	Australian National University	Harleywood-Oxygen: Breathing in Stars	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
17 August	Dr Rebecca Allen	Swinburne University	State of the Universe VIII: People Edition	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
19 October	Dr Michelle Cluver	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	Hidden Features: Discovery Space in a Reluctant Universe	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
23 November	Associate Professor Tara Murphy	Sydney Institute of Astronomy, University of Sydney	Breakthrough! The Detection of Gravitational Waves from a Neutron Star Merger	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
7 December	Associate Professor Alan Duffy	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing	Australia in Space	BA201	6.30-7.30pm

2017

Date	Speaker	Institute	Topic	Location	Time
10 February	Associate Professor Emma Ryan-Weber	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	Cosmology: from the Big Bang to the Formation of Atoms	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
24 March	Dr Tyler Bourke	SKA, UK	The World’s Largest Radio Telescope in your Backyard	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
21 April	Dr Themiya Nanayakkara	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	Rocket Science in Everyday Life	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
12 May	Dr Rebecca Allen	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	Small, Medium, Large: What Galaxy Sizes Reveal About Their Past	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
2 June	Dr Duane Hamacher	Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University	How do Indigenous Australians Read the Stars?	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
7 July	Dr Patricia Rich	Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swinburne University	When Life Got Really Big - Tales from a Rock Whisperer	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
18 August	Associate Professor Alan Duffy	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	State of the Universe VII	ATC101	6.30-7.30pm
29 September	Dr Tiantian Yuan	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	The Most Ancient Spiral Galaxies Seen through Nature’s Largest Telescopes	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
20 October	Igor Andreoni	Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University	The Violent Universe: Explosions, Transient Events and Gravitational Waves	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
14 November	Dr Thomas E. Collett	Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, Portsmouth, UK	Seeing Double. Looking at the Universe with Gravity's Eyes	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm
8 December	Dr Tanya Hill	Museums Victoria	The Light Fantastic	AMDC301	6.30-7.30pm

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