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Time to see the universe with Brian Cox and Dara Ó Briain – it’s Stargazing LIVE!
The unlikeliest duo to teach you all about the universe and how to view it are back on our television screens this January. The second series of Stargazing LIVE is due to begin this coming Monday the 16th January 2012 on … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Further Your Knowledge, News, Space & Earth
Tagged astronomy, bbc, brian cox, dara o'briain, live, stargazing, telescope, television, tv
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Charles Messier’s famous list of 110 astronomical objects to ignore and why he was wrong
Today we look at just a few of the breathtaking 110 astronomical objects that Charles Messier catalogued so that he could ignore them in his search for comets… An eighteenth century French astronomer by the name of Charles Messier produced … Continue reading
Carl Talks Physics Summer 2012 Internships & Experience Guide for Undergraduate Students (Updated 12/01/2012)
In this article Carl shares some of the work placement and internship programmes offered by companies, organisations and institutions throughout the world for physics undergraduates for the summer of 2012, as well as providing some hints and tips on how … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, astronomy, directory, employment, engineering, experience, finance, guide, internships, jobs, marketing, particle, physics, placements, programmes, student, summer, undergraduate, university, work
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Birth of the James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble’s Death
In this article, Carl discusses the James Webb Space Telescope, its ability and why it’s launch will mean the beginning of the end for the Hubble Space Telescope after nearly two and a half decades… The most famous and well … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, beginner, hubble, infrared, james webb, jwst, NASA, telescope
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The Rise of the Extremely Large Telescopes
In this article, Carl talks about the next generation of ground-based optical telescopes that will put current space-based telescopes to shame and see further into the universe than ever before… Near the end of the next decade, a number of … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, beginner, ELT, hubble, james webb, telescope
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White Dwarfs; why smaller means bigger; mass-radius relation
In this article, Carl provides an introduction to white dwarfs, how they are formed and why, when it comes to them, bigger actually means smaller… White dwarfs are stars that have come to the end of their lives and have … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, chandasekhar, gravity, intermediate, star, sun, supernova, white dwarf
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