Astrophysics
6 February 2014
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell elected as next Royal Society of Edinburgh President
Distinguished Astrophysicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE, FRS, FRSE, MRIA will succeed Sir John Arbuthnott MRIA as the newly elected President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) starting October 2014.
Commenting on the election, Sir John said, "I am delighted to welcome Dame Jocelyn as my successor. Her scientific standing, her public profile and her great breadth of experience will greatly benefit the Royal Society of Edinburgh."
Stargazing Oxfordshire - March 2014 (National Astronomy Week)
Stargazing Oxfordshire - Astronomy Evening
Find out more about research in astrophysics from professional scientists, and observe the night sky with your local community astronomers.
An evening of space science, with astronomers from the University Physics Department and local Amateur Astronomy groups. Stargazing on the roof (if clear), the latest astrophysics and planetary science inside.
Book your place here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TelescopeMar14
You can join our mailing list by emailing Dr. Sian Owen to find out about other events in the Department.
There is limited access for disabled visitors. Please contact Dr. Sian Owen to find out more.
Astronomy For All Lectures 2014
Wednesday 19 February 2014 at 6pm
Pictures In The Sky
Ian Ridpath, FRAS, Editor of Norton's Star Atlas
Wednesday 26 February 2014 at 6pm
Big Telescopes - Why Size Always Matters
Dr Fraser Clarke, Oxford Astrophysics.
Wednesday 5 March 2014 at 6pm
Close Encounters - Misunderstanding Comets
Charles Barclay, FRAS, Marlborough College, Oxford
Astrophysics and Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College
The Hintze Lecture Series
"The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet"
Professor David Charbonneau, Harvard University
Leanne O'Donnell
Leanne.odonnell@astro.ox.ac.uk
01865 613 973
17 January 2014
Chris Lintott awarded The Beatrice Tinsley Prize
Chris Lintott has been awarded the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize of the American Astronomical Society for the creation of the Zooniverse. The award is in recognition of the citizen science programs at Zooniverse.org, which have led nearly a million people to discover and classify galaxies, planets and star clusters.
The first project, Galaxy Zoo, was launched in 2007 and we now support more than twenty projects in astronomy and other disciplines.
13 January 2014
Dr Joanna Dunkley awarded The Fowler Prize/RAS
The Fowler Prize in Astronomy has been awarded to Dr Joanna Dunkley from Astrophysics at the University of Oxford.
Stargazing Oxford 2014
BBC Stargazing Live Event
Stargazing Oxford returns on the 11th January 2014 from 2pm to 10pm (last entry 9.30pm)
Photo credits: Joseph Caruana
- Booking not required, but please expect to queue for entry for a short while..
- Contact astrofest@physics.ox.ac.uk if you have any questions.
- For notifications about upcoming events, join our mailing list.
- Please bring along old jam jars and 2 litre pop bottles to make your own barometers and magnetometers.
- There is limited access for disabled visitors. Please ring 01865273333 for assistance.
21 November 2013
IceCube detects high-energy extraterrestrial neutrinos
IceCube provides first evidence for high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin
10 October 2013
Prof Steve Balbus at the 2013 Shaw Prize Ceremony
Prof Balbus was presented with the prestigious 2013 Shaw Prize for Astronomy at a ceremony in Hong Kong last month. See photos & videos of the ceremony at http://www.shawprize.org/en/
A TV documentary leading up to the awards can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wv4grOMgIU
The role of black holes in galaxy evolution
Professor Christopher Reynolds
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
