Exploring the universe: Schools Lecture 2009

The Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges Lecture 2009 is delivered by astronomer Dr Andrew Newsam. This lecture will reveal how:

• Modern telescopes can be used by astronomers to look at the universe in ever greater detail;
• Progress in technology allows astronomers to observe things further and further away and therefore further back in time;
• Astronomical observations can be used to learn more about the origins and future of the universe.

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