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Contemporary Islamic Studies

The Beagle expedition to Mars

The Beagle 2 probe had not been seen or heard from since December 2003 and had been presumed lost. Researcher Chris Linttot gives an overview and shows newly found images of the probe on the surface of Mars.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

The Philae - Rosetta Mission (update)

Researcher Colin Wilson gives an update on the Rosetta mission with the latest news on the Philae comet lander
Contemporary Islamic Studies

From you to the largest structure in the Universe

Robert Simpson, an astronomy researcher from Oxford takes us on a tour of the Universe, explaining the incredible distances and relative dimensions of space.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

The Philae - Rosetta Comet Mission

On 12 November 2014, the Philae probe achieved the first-ever soft landing on a comet nucleus. Colin Wilson, a researcher from Oxford, gives an update on the landing and explains the history and science behind this incredible mission.
Oxford Physics Research

Oxford Astrophysics

A video explaining what is Astrophysics and what's going on in Astrophysics at Oxford
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars

Halley Lecture 2013 by Professor Dr Ewine van Dishoeck on new developments in astronomy
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet

The 8th Hintze Lecture by Professor David Charbonneau looking at investigating habitable exoplanets.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Lab, Camera, Action: Make your own CD spectrometer

How do we know what the stars are made of when we've never been to one? Dr Andrew Steele shows us how to make a spectrometer, a device used by scientists to analyse light, using a cereal box and a CD.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Is our galaxy special?

Chris Lintott looks at the distinctive features of our galaxy and whether it is really special.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Galaxy Zoo project

Becky Smethurst from the Zooniverse team outlines the Galaxy Zoo project that allows members of the public to classify new galaxies.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Ancient Astronomies - 7000 years in the Kennett Valley

Charles Barclay gives a brief overview of the history of Astronomies and some of the fascinating insights that can be gained from these Ancient practices.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Dark Matter - Are we still in the dark?

Kathryn Boast gives a talk about dark matter: what it is, what we know about it, and what the limitations of our knowledge are.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Inflation - The "BANG" in Big Bang

Luke Jew talks about inflation, the process that scientists believe happened at the very start of our universe and is responsible for all the large scale structures that we see around us.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Earth-like Planets (and where to find them)

Ever wondered if another planet like our own exists in the vast expanse of space around us? Ruth Angus explains her exciting research into Extra Solar Planets (Exo-Planets) and why research in this area is important.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Exoplanets

Exoplanets - a talk by Grant Miller.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Are we special in the Universe?

Peter Hatfield asks if we are special in the Universe.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Black Holes

A talk about Black Holes by Dr Brooke Simmons.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Cosmology - What We Don't Know

Chris Lintott talks about the unknown in the study of cosmology.
Contemporary Islamic Studies

Galaxy Zoo

Galaxy Zoo is a Citizen Science project, part of the Zooniverse, which asks the public to classify the morphology of galaxies using images taken by Hubble and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Alumni Weekend

Exploring the Universe

Dr Rana Irshad, University of Oxford, gives a brief whistle-stop tour of the exciting initiatives Oxford has running in exploring the vast expanse of the Universe in which we live.

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