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  1. Astrophysics: An Introduction (2008)

    Subject
    Astronomy

    A short introduction to studying astrophysics at Oxford University by Professor Roger Davies.

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  2. Dwarf Galaxy

    Director
    John Wise; Tom Abel
    Subject
    Astronomy

    Computer simulation showing a number of small galaxies which formed around 200 million years after the Big Bang.

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  3. Measuring the Universe: From the Transit of Venus to the Edge of the Cosmos (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy

    This short film explains how the transit of Venus was used in previous centuries to make an accurate measure of the distance to the planets, giving astronomers their first inkling of the true scale of space.

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  4. Riccardo Giacconi - Cosmic X-Ray Sources (2005)

    Subject
    Physics

    Riccardo Giacconi was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources" The other half was awarded to...

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  5. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Women’s studies

    A short podcast looking at the life and career of Jocelyn Bell Burnell the astrophysicist who discovered pulsars, the beams of radiation emitted by rapidly spinning neutron stars. Part of The New...

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  6. Extreme World of Ultra Extreme Lasers, The (2015)

    Subject
    Engineering; Physics

    Video podcast. The largest and most powerful lasers in the world can be used to make some of the most extreme conditions possible on earth. Scientists around the globe are using these lasers to try to...

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  7. Black Holes Are Not As Black As They Are Painted (2016)

    Producer
    Jim Frank
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics

    Radio 4 broadcast. The second of Professor Hawking’s 2015 Reith lectures delivered 1 December 2015 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Hawking describes the history of scientific thinking...

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  8. Do Black Holes Have No Hair? (2016)

    Producer
    Jim Frank
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics

    Radio 4 broadcast. The first of Professor Hawking’s 2015 Reith lectures delivered 24 November 2015 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Hawking describes the history of scientific thinking...

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  9. Lectures on Superconductivity (2009)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL), not yet available

    An ongoing project on superconductivity produced to celebrate the centenary of the discovery of superconductivity in 2011. It consists of a series of video lectures by leading world experts in academia and...

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  10. Chandra: 3c438 Animations (2007)

    Subject
    Astronomy

    Since its launch on July 23, 1999, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been NASA’s flagship mission for X-ray astronomy. These three short animations show the 3C438 galaxy.

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