Black Holes & Exploding Stars – The Cosmic Life Cycle by Dr Chris Crowe

Journey inside a black hole and through the centre of a star like our Sun. Discover how exploding stars provide the seeds for life on Earth.

Explore the most energetic phenomena in the Universe from exploding stars, to the immensely powerful black holes that power the centre of almost every galaxy. We are all made of stars.

Dr Chris Crowe is a professional astronomer, teacher, elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and received degrees in theoretical physics and mathematics from the universities of Nottingham and Cambridge. He is currently the Head of Astronomy and Director of The Rayleigh Observatory in London where he teaches astronomy. He works extensively in public outreach at science festivals across the UK and hosts public observing evenings. Previously part of a research team at the University of Cambridge studying the relic radiation from the big bang, he worked in the same department as the late Stephen Hawking while studying for his doctorate. Recently he has been part of a team designing a new state-of-the-art observatory in the Caribbean. His main research interests are cosmology and the early Universe, and was part of the international Planck collaboration, a European Space Agency project which uncovered light from the earliest moments of the primordial Universe.

The meeting will also include a news item of interest and a tour of the night sky.

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