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Monthly Talk by Dr Hannah Wakeford

5 May 20235 May 2023
Dr Hannah Wakeford will be joining us on Wednesday 31st May to give us a talk entitled "Diving through exoplanet atmospheres". Dr Wakeford is a lecturer in Astrophysics at the University…
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Catch-up on Ian Ridpath’s talk

5 May 20235 May 2023
If you couldn’t be with us on Wednesday 3rd May, you can catch-up on YouTube by visiting https://youtu.be/mBRRv06fUCc?t=967, The talk was entitled "When we walked on the Moon". https://youtu.be/mBRRv06fUCc?t=967
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Talk by Ian Ridpath “When we walked on the Moon”

30 Mar 202330 Mar 2023
(And when will we return?) The Moon is our nearest neighbour in space, and still the only body beyond Earth on which humans have set foot. This talk will introduce…

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