The Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology invites you to our free online National Science Week Public Lecture “State of the Universe” presented by Sara Webb, PhD candidate CAS/OzGrav. The last year has been challenging for many of us, the world as we knew it changed in the flash of an…
Topic: Space and Astronomy
The Future of STEM in SA
Our STEM Academy experts will inspire budding scientists, technologists, engineers & mathematicians with an online Future of STEM in SA webinar. Find out how University of Adelaide students and researchers are working to overcome pressing challenges, solve real-world problems, and develop solutions for the future in South Australia. Be a part of a great discussion…
Rescheduled: Climate Change Science: Where are we now, what do we know, and what don’t we know?
What is the state of knowledge of climate change science in 2021? Dr Robert Colman will look at the fundamentals of the greenhouse effect and its role in planetary heat balance, then briefly discuss aspects of past climate, such as large climate variations and ice ages. Then on to the last 150 years and what…
SciVR – Aramac
SciVR will take you on the hunt for things that go boom. We’ll explore the universe and origins of explosions in space, tracking events as they happen with Prof Alan Duffy and Dr Rebecca Allen – astronomers and science communicators at Swinburne University of Technology. New content this year includes the Mars rover Perseverance and helicopter…
Stepping into Science
You can start your learning journey to a life of science at any age. Three courageous Novocastrians show the way: Kiara Harrison will take us into her Honours research into human infertility; Harry Callen will describe the journey from lectures into the fieldwork of environmental engineering; and Willow Forsythe will let us know what it…
The Wholesome Show: The Ground Beneath Our Feet!
We’re used to the ground beneath our feet being pretty steady. Every morning we get up and – unless there’s an earthquake – it’s pretty much where we left it. But we know that everything under us is moving. Slowly, slowly moving. Australia for example is packing up and heading north at 5cm a year….
Physics in the Pub
We’re back in the pub this year, after spending 2020 in the cloud, so Sydney Physicists are dying to show off all the amazing research they did while there were no distractions, their latest quirky fact, or their new lockdown creative skill. Eight presenters with eight minutes of short snappy science each. Previous years we…
From the Solar System to the edge of the Universe
Wollondilly Library in collaboration with Sutherland Astronomical Society presents From the Solar System to the edge of the Universe. Explore the universe with Peter Eyland from the Sutherland Astronomical Society. Includes a Q&A, so you can ask all those questions you have about space and beyond. A free Zoom event for all ages. Bookings essential…
Win a Free **Shooting Star** Competition
Here is your chance to own something out of this world that has been found in the environment on Earth. Go outside one evening, look up and, if you wait long enough and look in the right direction, you’ll see some “shooting stars” flash across the sky. These are also called “meteors” and are not…
Quantum Shots at the Bar
Celebrate National Science Week at the Rose Hotel, a renovated, history-rich pub in the centre of Bunbury. The Front Bar of the Rose is hosting the Quantum Road Trip Team as they present ‘Quantum shots at the bar: Quantum technologies and the mysteries of dark matter’. Enjoy your favourite shots or maybe a draught of…