Q&A What we discovered hunting for exoplanets with TESS Young Stars 2026-09-19 | Q&A What we discovered hunting for exoplanets with TESS
Q&A Cultural Astronomy - Pete Swanton Young Stars 2021-10-18 | First Nations peoples have read skies for over 65,000 years, making them one of the world’s first astronomers. This ancient science has been passed down from generation to generation, woven into Dreamtime stories.Join us with Peter Swanton to learn about Australia's rich and extensive history of astronomy, and how connected we are to the world's first astronomers from eons ago.
Cultural Astronomy - Pete Swanton Young Stars 2021-10-18 | First Nations peoples have read skies for over 65,000 years, making them one of the world’s first astronomers. This ancient science has been passed down from generation to generation, woven into Dreamtime stories.Join us with Peter Swanton to learn about Australia's rich and extensive history of astronomy, and how connected we are to the world's first astronomers from eons ago.
Careers in Space with ANU Institute for Space Young Stars 2021-10-06 | We've all heard about getting into space through becoming an astrophysicist, but what other ways can people get jobs in space related fields?
Q&A The Secret Lives of Black Holes - Dr. Ryan Ridden Young Stars 2021-09-21 | What makes black holes and what do they do? Dr. Ryan Ridden covers the basics of black holes for the Young Stars.
The Secret Lives of Black Holes - Dr. Ryan Ridden Young Stars 2021-09-21 | What makes black holes and what do they do? Dr. Ryan Ridden covers the basics of black holes for the Young Stars.
Q&A Fighting bushfires from space - Dr. Marta Yebra Young Stars 2021-08-09 | Q&A session from Dr. Marta Yebra's talk to the Young Stars on remote sensing of bush fires with satellites.
Fighting bushfires from space - Dr. Marta Yebra Young Stars 2021-08-09 | Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have joined forces with people from the industry to develop a revolutionary national system that aims to detect bushfires early and put them out within minutes.Dr. Marta Yebra leads these scientists to give us eyes in the sky. The satellite instruments that they're pioneering image our planet and help us to observe and understand the earth's processes.In the past, Marta showed us how satellite data and mapping techniques can help bushfire managers better prepare and respond to bushfires.In this session, Marta will tell us more, and share with us the amazing work her group has been progressing since the 2019/20 bushfires occurred.
Astronomy in Antarctica: Why astronomers like it cold - Dr. Tony Travouillon Young Stars 2021-07-25 | Let's go on a journey to the middle of the Antarctic continent, and face temperatures of -70C to see what astronomers are doing in such a remote place. We will learn about the different way scientist travel to the continent and the challenges they face to transport and operate their telescopes in such harsh conditions. And we'll look at some of the telescopes operating and the discoveries they are making.
Q&A Astronomy in Antarctica: Why astronomers like it cold Young Stars 2021-07-25 | Q&A session for the talk by Dr. Tony Travouillon Let's go on a journey to the middle of the Antarctic continent, and face temperatures of -70C to see what astronomers are doing in such a remote place.We will learn about the different way scientist travel to the continent and the challenges they face to transport and operate their telescopes in such harsh conditions. And we'll look at some of the telescopes operating and the discoveries they are making.
Q&A Mysteries of the Quantum World: How physicists imagine the unimaginable Young Stars 2021-07-11 | Q&A for the Young Stars session on the Mysteries of the Quantum World: How physicists imagine the unimaginable by Tim Hume.
Mysteries of the Quantum World: How physicists imagine the unimaginable - Tim Hume Young Stars 2021-07-11 | Beneath our everyday experience, the laws of physics describing the smallest things in the Universe host a ‘Quantum World’ beyond our imagination!In this session, we will explore some of the deepest mysteries surrounding the quantum particles which form the building blocks of our Universe…Can quantum particles really be in two places at once?Is light a particle or a wave? …what even is a particle?! What do we mean by a wave?Who was Schrödinger? And why is his cat so famous?!How do quantum particles create our own large-scale classical world which appears so different?
Atoms from deep space found on Earth! Where are they coming from? - Dr. Michaela Froehlich Young Stars 2021-07-03 | Everything on Earth is made of atoms, most of the atoms have been around since the Earth was formed, but some are man-made.One type of atom is Plutonium, which does not exist naturally on Earth. However, about 80 years ago, people produced Plutonium in nuclear explosions, and a tiny amount of it was spread around the world during the last century.We have found some plutonium deep down in the ocean that was not man-made, but instead came from outer space – but how do we know this?Join us, as we discuss our search for Plutonium from out of this world, how much are we have been able to find, and how we know where it is coming from.
How will we power the planet in the future? Young Stars 2021-06-17 | The world is on the precipice of a cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient energy future.We're moving away from using dead dinosaurs to power the world and live our lives.Why must the future of energy be green?What does a renewable energy future look like?How might we power the world in the future?Join us in this young stars session to find out with Manik.
Q&A How will we power the planet in the future? Young Stars 2021-06-17 | The world is on the precipice of a cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient energy future.We're moving away from using dead dinosaurs to power the world and live our lives.Why must the future of energy be green?What does a renewable energy future look like?How might we power the world in the future?Join us in this young stars session to find out with Manik.
Who we are in the grand universe: from Earth to the furthest galaxies - Dr. Katie Grasha Young Stars 2021-06-08 | Galaxies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. How do they end up being so different to one another? Let's find out with Dr. Katie GrashaThere is a grand diversity of galaxies in the universe: some are red, others are blue.Some galaxies have gorgeous spiral structures and others are giant spherical balls of stars.In this talk, we will discover the physics that underpins and gives rise to the observed diversity of galaxies that make up the universe.Special emphasis will be placed on the Hubble Space Telescope which enables the ability to observe individual stars in galaxies millions of light years away.Join us as we celebrate the challenges and accomplishments of this amazing space-based observatory and be awe-struck by the images Hubble has captured of our universe.
Who we are in the grand universe: from Earth to the furthest galaxies - Dr. Katie Grasha Young Stars 2021-06-08 | Galaxies come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. How do they end up being so different to one another? Let's find out with Dr. Katie GrashaThere is a grand diversity of galaxies in the universe: some are red, others are blue.Some galaxies have gorgeous spiral structures and others are giant spherical balls of stars.In this talk, we will discover the physics that underpins and gives rise to the observed diversity of galaxies that make up the universe.Special emphasis will be placed on the Hubble Space Telescope which enables the ability to observe individual stars in galaxies millions of light years away.Join us as we celebrate the challenges and accomplishments of this amazing space-based observatory and be awe-struck by the images Hubble has captured of our universe.
The Universe: From The Big Bang to Today - James Beattie Young Stars 2021-05-20 | The Universe started with a Big Bang, and within fractions of a second, four fundamental forces emerged, as well as all of the matter we observe in the Universe today.Millions of years later, interactions between these forces resulted in the galaxies, stars, and planets.Join us, as we discuss the fundamental building blocks of the Universe and go on a cosmic adventure from the Big Bang to the very first stars!
Q&A The Universe: From The Big Bang to Today - James Beattie Young Stars 2021-05-20 | The Universe started with a Big Bang, and within fractions of a second, four fundamental forces emerged, as well as all of the matter we observe in the Universe today.Millions of years later, interactions between these forces resulted in the galaxies, stars, and planets.Join us, as we discuss the fundamental building blocks of the Universe and go on a cosmic adventure from the Big Bang to the very first stars!
The Life of Stars - Sophia Ridolfo Young Stars 2021-05-08 | Let's learn about the life of stars with astronomer Sophia Ridolfo. There are trillions of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, of all different shapes and sizes. When we observe them in the night sky they can often look fairly simple at such a huge distance away. In reality, however, stars are quite complex!
Q&A Will We Find Life on Mars? - Dr. Ryan Ridden Young Stars 2021-03-21 | Q&A for the Young Stars session about the Perseverance Mars rover.
Will We Find Life on Mars? - Dr. Ryan Ridden Young Stars 2021-03-21 | Dr. Ryan Ridden talks to the Young Stars about the history of Mars and how we are searching for life on the red planet with the new Perseverance rover.
The Secret Lives of Cells - James Beattie Young Stars 2021-03-12 | Why do we eat and breath, what do the cells use it for?Talk by ANU PhD student James Beattie
Q&A The Secret Lives of Cells - James Beattie Young Stars 2021-03-12 | Why do we eat and breath, what do the cells use it for?Talk by ANU PhD student James Beattie
Getting to know the neighbours: The Magellanic Clouds - Prof. Naomi McClure-Griffiths Young Stars 2020-11-30 | The Magellanic Clouds are nearby galaxies visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. As so-called "dwarf” galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds are dragged about through their interaction with our much more massive galaxy, the Milky Way. As they are dragged around they leave a messy trail of gas behind them telling us where they’ve been and even a bit about where they will go.Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths of the ANU will describe how radio telescopes like the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) are helping us understand the past lives of the Magellanic Clouds and maybe even predict the future!
Q&A Getting to know the neighbours: The Magellanic Clouds - Prof. Naomi McClure-Griffiths Young Stars 2020-11-30 | The Magellanic Clouds are nearby galaxies visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. As so-called "dwarf” galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds are dragged about through their interaction with our much more massive galaxy, the Milky Way. As they are dragged around they leave a messy trail of gas behind them telling us where they’ve been and even a bit about where they will go.Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths of the ANU will describe how radio telescopes like the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) are helping us understand the past lives of the Magellanic Clouds and maybe even predict the future!
Making Earth A Sandwich, with Rockets! Young Stars 2020-11-15 | 2020 is coming to an end. 🎉It’s been a big one for all of us. 🥰Let’s finish off this year with a bang, and launch into 2021 with some joy across the globe! 🚀On Dec 12, 7 pm AEDT, join us in launching some rockets in our houses across Australia, UK, Portugal, Switzerland, and the USStay tuned for details over the next few days... 🌎🌍🌏🚀
Q&A Titan: Ingredients for Life - Prof. Sarah Hörst Young Stars 2020-11-15 | Q&A session from the Young Stars talk by Prof Sarah Hörst.Only one moon in the solar system has a thick atmosphere and that's Saturn's moon Titan! This strange world may hold clues to the origin of life on Earth and is just waiting to be explored! In this talk Prof Sarah Höst shows the Young Stars what we currently know about this strange moon and what we hope to discover in the future with the NASA Dragonfly mission.
Titan: Ingredients for Life - Prof. Sarah Hörst Young Stars 2020-11-15 | Only one moon in the solar system has a thick atmosphere and that's Saturn's moon Titan! This strange world may hold clues to the origin of life on Earth and is just waiting to be explored! In this talk Prof Sarah Höst shows the Young Stars what we currently know about this strange moon and what we hope to discover in the future with the NASA Dragonfly mission.
Q&A The Dark Side of Galaxies: Theyre cannibals! - Prof. Geraint Lewis Young Stars 2020-11-01 | The questions and answer session following Geraint's talk about galaxies.
The Dark Side of Galaxies: Theyre cannibals! - Prof. Geraint Lewis Young Stars 2020-11-01 | Galaxies are cannibals, with bigger galaxies eating smaller galaxies to become even bigger! Joins us with Prof. Geraint Lewis to learn more!Our Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy – two giant galaxies in our local patch of the universe – are heading for an immense collision with each other in only a few billion years’ time.So which will dominate in this intergalactic tussle?
Q&A Exploring our Universe - Prof. Anna Moore Young Stars 2020-10-20 | Q&A session from Prof Anna Moore's talk to the Young Stars about her work in astronomy.
Exploring our Universe - Prof. Anna Moore Young Stars 2020-10-20 | Prof. Anna Moore talks about all the incredible projects she's been involved with in helping us understand the Universe.
Cosmic questions - Dr. Ryan Ridden Young Stars 2020-10-06 | While the Young Stars team tacked technical difficulties Ryan answered any question that the Young Stars had. With their great pull many of the Young Stars questions gravitated around black holes!
Q&A Investigating Galaxies Far Far Away - Sophia Ridolfo Young Stars 2020-10-06 | What are galaxies and what do we know about them? Listen to ANU researcher Sophia Ridolfo talk about her work in understanding how stars form in galaxies.
Investigating Galaxies Far Far Away - Sophia Ridolfo Young Stars 2020-10-06 | What are galaxies and what do we know about them? Listen to ANU researcher Sophia Ridolfo talk about her work in understanding how stars form in galaxies.
Unanswered questions about the Universe - Dr. Brad Tucker Young Stars 2020-09-19 | Dr. Brad Tucker answers all the many unanswered questions the Young Stars have had throughout the year. In this talk Brad touches on everything from star formation, stars exploding, galaxies colliding, black holes and the possibility of alien life!
Q&A Unanswered questions about the Universe - Dr Brad Tucker Young Stars 2020-09-19 | Q&A session from the talk in which Dr. Brad Tucker answered all the many unanswered questions the Young Stars have had throughout the year. In this talk Brad touches on everything from star formation, stars exploding, galaxies colliding, black holes and the possibility of alien life!
National Science Week 2020 Measure Gravity! Young Stars 2020-08-26 | Highlights from the Young Stars Nation Science Week 2020 session to measure gravity with pendulums.
Weighing Continents - Prof. Paul Tregoning Young Stars 2020-08-26 | Prof. Paul Tregoning tells the Young Stars about how we can study climate change with gravity, using satellites in space equipped with lasers!
Q&A The Secrets of Antimatter - Tim Hume Young Stars 2020-08-10 | The Q&A session following Tim Hume's talk on antimatter: youtu.be/PtmHlhyyHrsThe Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. So why is there far more matter than antimatter in the Universe?We all know about regular matter, that is what we see, touch, smell every day.What is antimatter?Do the laws of gravity work the same way for antimatter?If regular matter falls down under gravity, then does antimatter fall up?
The Secrets of Antimatter - Tim Hume Young Stars 2020-08-08 | The Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. So why is there far more matter than antimatter in the Universe?We all know about regular matter, that is what we see, touch, smell every day.What is antimatter?Do the laws of gravity work the same way for antimatter?If regular matter falls down under gravity, then does antimatter fall up?
Q&A Black Holes, Gravity & Dark Matter: What holds everything together - Ryan Ridden Young Stars 2020-07-27 | Gravity holds our Universe together, but how does it work?We all know this strange force of gravity as the thing that keeps our feet on the ground, but it is also responsible for shaping our Universe.Although we’ve learnt a lot about gravity, many mysteries still remain. So let’s look at how gravity works and how that leads to incredible and mysterious things like black holes and dark matter.
Black Holes, Gravity & Dark Matter: What holds everything together Young Stars 2020-07-27 | Gravity holds our Universe together, but how does it work? We all know this strange force of gravity as the thing that keeps our feet on the ground, but it is also responsible for shaping our Universe. Although we’ve learnt a lot about gravity, many mysteries still remain. So let’s look at how gravity works and how that leads to incredible and mysterious things like black holes and dark matter.
Q&A Exploring the universe: with the next generation of telescopes - Prof. Matthew Colless Young Stars 2020-07-11 | The question an answer session following Professor Matthew Colless' talk about the next generation of giant telescopes.
Exploring the universe: with the next generation of telescopes - Prof. Matthew Colless Young Stars 2020-07-11 | Astronomers explore the universe with all sorts of telescopes. Some telescopes are on mountain-tops, some are in Antarctica, and some are in space. Join us to hear Professor Matthew Colless talk about the giant telescopes being built now that astronomers will use to see planets orbiting other stars, to find black holes throughout the universe, and to see the very first stars born after the Big Bang!Join us in learning from Matthew what the future might hold for us!
Q&A Thinking like an atom - James Beattie Young Stars 2020-06-27 | The Q&A session from the Thinking like an atom talk from James Beattie.Ever wonder what the universe might look like from the viewpoint of an atom? Join us in this Young Stars session to find out.Fact: the Universe around is made of atoms.This has consequences for all of the phenomena that we regularly see in our day-to-day lives.Take a journey with James Beattie, theoretical physics scholar and astrophysics PhD student at the ANU, as he explains everyday phenomena from the perspective of jiggling atoms.We will talk about why we need to eat and breath, what happens when we cook on the stovetop, and what fire is, all from an atomic point of view.
Thinking like an atom - James Beattie Young Stars 2020-06-27 | Ever wonder what the universe might look like from the viewpoint of an atom? Join us in this Young Stars session to find out.Fact: the Universe around is made of atoms.This has consequences for all of the phenomena that we regularly see in our day-to-day lives.Take a journey with James Beattie, theoretical physics scholar and astrophysics PhD student at the ANU, as he explains everyday phenomena from the perspective of jiggling atoms.We will talk about why we need to eat and breath, what happens when we cook on the stovetop, and what fire is, all from an atomic point of view.
Alien Worlds: And Their Atmospheres - Nataliea Lowson Young Stars 2020-06-15 | Learn about exoplanets, their atmospheres, and the basic ingredients of life in alien worlds!Ever wonder what the atmospheres of alien worlds are like?Or how the basic ingredients of life can create new worlds?And how do astronomers even learn about these alien worlds?Join us in this Young Stars session to learn about exoplanets with USQ PhD student Nataliea Lowson.
Q&A The Universe: Beginning to End - Prof Brian Schmidt Young Stars 2020-06-02 | Nobel Laureate Prof Brian Schmidt answers questions from the Young Stars following his talk about the history and future of our Universe.If you want to learn more about Brian and why he won the Nobel Prize check out these resources:nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2011/schmidt/lecturenobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2011/schmidt/factsIf you want to learn more about Dark Energy check out these resources:youtube.com/watch?v=QAa2O_8wBUQscience.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy
