Carolin Crawford - Outreach Talks

Please note that I have stepped back from giving so many outreach talks, so please do not be offended if I am unable to oblige a request!

I have lectured on a wide variety of astronomical topics to a range of different audiences. Examples include:

Small bodies of the Solar System	Your place in the cosmos
The beauty and science of nebulae	When galaxies collide
The early Universe	The Sun, our nearest star
The red planet	X-ray astrophysics: the high energy cosmos
The cool Universe	Dark energy and the ever-expanding Universe
The search for dark matter	An introduction to the Milky Way
Exploring the Solar System	Star dust
Our nearest neighbour, the Moon	The lives of stars
Atmospheric phenomena	Comets - visitors from the frozen edge of the Solar System
Exoplanets and how to find them	Echoes of the Big Bang
Large telescopes and why we need them	Rotation in space
A voyage round Saturn, its rings and moons	The sounds of the Universe
The age of the Universe	Clusters of galaxies
The next big questions	Quasars, the brightest black holes
How the Earth moves	The transient Universe

Versions of some of these talks are available online:

Gresham Lectures

These talks date from my 2011-2015 stint as the Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College in the City of London.
Short abstracts, video recordings, a copy of the slides and a transcript are available for all 24 of my Gresham lectures, at a dedicated Gresham College website.

These videos are also available on YouTube, where they have amassed over 2.83 million views so far (by Feb21) - thanks guys!

Darwin Lectures

Views of the Universe
Astronomers depend on light for their understanding of the cosmos beyond the confines of the Solar System. Many of the most exciting discoveries over the last couple of decades were made possible by new generations of cameras and telescopes, both on the ground and in space. I shall discuss the new facilities anticipated coming online over the next ten years or so - how they’ll not only change our view of the Universe, but also alter the way we do Astronomy.
You can watch a a video of this talk from Feb 2019 as presented in a Darwin College Lecture

The science and beauty of nebulae
This talk is about interstellar space - not truly a vacuum devoid of matter, but inhabited by vast thin clouds of gas and dust that appear as glorious and complex structures. We showcase some of the most spectacular images of these ‘nebulae’, including many taken with the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. We shall look at them with new eyes, dissecting the pictures and learning how to ‘read’ what they tell us about the turbulent story of the birth and death of stars. Indeed, revealing the science behind the beauty.
You can watch a a video of this talk from March 2011 as presented in a Darwin College Lecture

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