PUBLIC LECTURE: Our Galaxy, the Milky Way
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We live in a large spiral galaxy known as the Milky Way. Living inside a galaxy in some ways helps us to understand it and in other ways makes it more difficult. We have learned a lot about what our Galaxy looks like, and we have a rudimentary idea of how it was assembled from the gas and dark matter long ago. But there is much that we do not know: recently a startling new process was discovered which may threaten some of our basic ideas.
In this lecture, Professor Freeman will discuss how our understanding of the Milky Way has evolved from the early 20th century right up to the present time, and will look forward to some of the likely discoveries of the future.
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Ken Freeman, Duffield Professor of Astronomy, Australian National University and 2010 Institute of Advanced Studies Professor-at-Large.
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| Location |
Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWA
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| Contact |
Institute of Advanced Studies
<[email protected]>
: 6488 1340
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http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/freeman
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| Start |
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:00
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| End |
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:00
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| Submitted by |
Audrey Barton <[email protected]>
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| Last Updated |
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:25
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