Tag Archives: cosmology

13th February 2023 – The End of Everything

Posted on September 27, 2022 by TerryG

Dr. Steve Barrett, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool makes a welcome return to SciBar. In March 2021 he gave us a Zoom talk entitled “The Beginning of Everything”.  Now he finishes the story in person with a … Continue reading →

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11th July 2022 – Black Holes

Posted on February 2, 2022 by TerryG

Postponed from December 2021, we are pleased to welcome Jeff Forshaw, Professor of Particle Physics at the Department of Physics in the University of Manchester. Jeff has recently completed a book entitled “Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe” … Continue reading →

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10th May 2021 (Zoom 7pm) – Just a Second/Ancient Light

Posted on January 15, 2020 by jrsee

It’s two for the price of one in May, when Dr Steve Barrett returns to give two short talks: Just a Second, in which Steve explores what can happen in one second, and explains why we need leap seconds; plus … Continue reading →

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1st March 2021 (Zoom 7pm) – The Beginning of Everything

Posted on September 21, 2019 by jrsee

Dr Steve Barrett, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool will talk about the beginning of the universe. Several of us recently attended (virtually) Kirkby SciBar and saw Steve giving a talk about Black Holes, and were very impressed by his … Continue reading →

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14th May (NB not 7th) 2018 – Seeing the Invisible

Posted on January 15, 2018 by jrsee

Observing the Dark Side of the Universe Professor Sarah Bridle (Professor of Astrophysics, Manchester University, School of Physics and Astronomy) will talk about dark matter and dark energy. These appear to form the vast bulk of the universe, but we … Continue reading →

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6th March 2017 – Gravitational Waves

Posted on February 22, 2017 by mobligit

One of our own Knutsford SciBar members, Dr Ian Duerdoth, has agreed to talk to us this month. Ian says: “I’ll outline our understanding of gravity, firstly as discovered by the brilliance of Newton and then extended by the genius … Continue reading →

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