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Galactic Collisions

Was Einstein Right?

One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein completed his General Theory...

When Does Time Slow Down? GPS and Relativity

Professor Andersson explains the relationship between General Relativity and the...

The Stretchy Pants Experiment

Why is the Moon's gravity pulling Earth? Professor Andersson suggests...

The Suez Crisis, 1956

In 1956, Egypt’s President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal Company...

The First Stars

Eddington once famously said that a physicist on a cloud-bound...

The King in the Car Park: The Discovery and Identification of Richard III

This lecture will focus on discussion of the archaeological dig...

The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review and its Implications

Lord Robertson, former UK Defence Secretary and Secretary General of...

The Primordial Fireball

The universe underwent an inflationary period of expansion. From an...

Space is a Raisin Pudding

Professor Joseph Silk, the Gresham Professor of Astronomy, answers an...