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Higgs Chat with Sabino Matarrese

Ahead of this Friday's #HiggsColloquium, hear from Sabino Matarrese @UniPadova on nearly becoming a rock star, choosing his career path on a train and some advice for PhDs (and students in…

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Meet our Particle and Nuclear Physics students

Meet our students Particle and Nuclear Physics

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Higgs Chat with Sergey Koposov

Higgs Hour with Sergey Koposov ahead of his talk on Friday, 23 October at 1pm. https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/colloquia/higgs-hour-sergey-koposov/

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Physics and Astronomy: Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe

About Physics 1B "The stuff of the Universe" https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/courses/PHYS08017_SV1_SEM2

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Introductory Astrophysics

Why is the night sky dark, if the Universe contains an infinite number of stars? How can the colours of stars tell us about their core chemical reactions? What is the physics behind…

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Overview

A brief overview of the 3 optional Astronomy courses that are on offer: Discovering Astronomy (Semester 1), Astrobiology (Semester 1) and Introductory Astrophysics (Semester 2). Prof. Catherine…

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Astrobiology Welcome Video

Astrobiology (PHYS08051) is a 20 credit (SCQF) course for Pre-Honours students covering a variety of science related to the study of life in the Universe. …

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Catching Cosmic Cataclysms: the new field of gravitational wave astronomy

On September 14th 2015, LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) instruments detected gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger. This was the first ever direct observation…

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3 - Case Studies and a Quiet, But Very Real Revolution in Observational Astrophysics

Case Studies and a Quiet, But Very Real Revolution in Observational Astrophysics Nicholas P. Ross University of Edinburgh

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AstroTech - Our knowledge of the Universe

This project was created by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

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AstroTech - Science and technology - Revolutions in astronomy

This project was created by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

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AstroTech - Science and technology - Why is astronomy hard?

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AstroTech - Science and technology - The horse and the cart

This project was created by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

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AstroTech - Telescopes - Picturing the Universe - 1

This project was created by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

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AstroTech - Telescopes - The sun: Is every star like it?

This project was created by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

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AstroTech - Telescopes - How telescopes work

This project was created by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.

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