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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Large Hadron Collider
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Large Hadron Collider

Turns out the Large Hadron Collider is not as dangerous as we thought...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Stephen Serjeant on why we need to build the LHC Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Gaia and the Killer Asteroids
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Gaia and the Killer Asteroids

How does Gaia detect any dangerous Earth-crossing asteroids? ...Find out more about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Gerry Gilmore on how Gaia observes the obits between the Sun and the Earth for dangerous asteroids Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Taking a Galactic Census
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60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Taking a Galactic Census

Counting stars in the sky is easy - but how do we know how far away they are?...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Gerry Gilmore on how spacecraft Gaia is designed to measure the size and shape of the Milky Way Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2023: Astronomy and Poetry with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2023: Astronomy and Poetry with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

...astronomy - and vice versa? Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell explores these connections in her live talk...In 1967 Nothern Irish astrophyscist Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS discovered pulsars and revolutionised our understanding of the Universe. She taught at The Open University for 29 years and was a founding member of the Athena Swan programme, advancing the representation of...
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Create stunning images of the Universe
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Create stunning images of the Universe

...Astronomy with an online telescope, giving participants access to state-of-the-art facilities in Tenerife, a complete guide to the basics of astronomical imaging and the opportunity to contribute to unique variable star research. The power of astronomy The science of astronomy is an incredibly diverse topic with branches ranging from atomic physics, the fusion process...
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Citizen science and the data avalanche
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Citizen science and the data avalanche

...astronomy and particle physics citizen science...Astronomy and particle physics have begun a new data-rich era of discovery, from finding warps in space and time to new particles in accelerators. But the data avalanche is so fast, so large and so complex that it's a challenge for computing. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, regularly offers no easy solutions. You may be...
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Get outdoors and get active
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Get outdoors and get active

Designed to inspire outdoors activity while you carry on learning, our fun ideas cover a range of subjects from nature, psychology and astronomy, to health and wellbeing. Take a digital detox from screens and notifications with OpenLearn.
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What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers
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What do scientists really do? My experience interviewing researchers

...Astronomy Josh Wilde: PhD student, School of Physical Sciences, Astronomy James Cole: PhD student, School of Physical Sciences, Space Instrumentation Annie Lennox: PhD student, School of Physical Sciences, Planetary and Space Sciences Josh Oakley: Laboratory Technician, School of Physical Sciences Amy Dugdale: PhD student, School of Physical Sciences, AstrobiologyOU Zoe...
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