Sunderland Astro Xmas Benker night. Traditionally between Christmas and New Year has been our night (if you attend we will enlighten you on what the Benker Night means?, nothing wrong with an incentive to try to get people to come along. Friday 29th December at the Washington Wetlands Centre, from 7.00pm.
“Exoplanets” or “extrasolar” planets are worlds that orbit stars outside the Solar System. There are myriad types ranging from the so-called “Hot-Jupiters” to Earth and Super Earth sized planets. This talk aims to give a brief introduction to exoplanetary science, an exciting field at the cutting-edge of astronomy; describing how we find these worlds and…
UPDATE: The SAS Lecture tonight has been cancelled at short notice due to severe weather and transport difficulties of lecturer getting to wetlands. It will be re-schedule for later date. The SAS are still opening up as normal from 7 pm. It strongly suggested to use the main car park due to the weather conditions. Einstein’s theory…