Welcome to the Cambridge Festival! We have an exciting week of astronomical talks and activities for you. All the events will be held online at our YouTube channel.
Talks
- "Planetymology" (childrens' lecture), on Saturday 27th March at 11am. Astronomer Isobel Romero-Shaw will explain how the planets got their names!
- "The Music of the Spheres", on Saturday 27th March at 3pm. Dr Nicole Pawellek will talk about the connection between astronomy and music.
- From Monday 29th March to Friday 2nd April will be 'Black Hole Wars' week, with new talks every day at 6pm:
- 29th March: Black Hole Wars Episode I - The Phantom Physics
- 30th March: Black Hole Wars Episode II - Susskind Strikes Back
- 31st March: Black Hole Wars Episode III - A Curved Hope
- Black Hole Wars Episode IV - Return of the information
- Black Hole Wars Episode V - Rise of information
- We will have a special Cambridge Festival Open Evening on Wednesday 31st March at 7:15pm. Dr Gareth Jones will talk about "The Distant and Dusty Universe".
- 'Historical Telescopes of the Cambridge Observatory' on Saturday 3rd April at 3pm, by librarian Mark Hurn.
- "Decolonising Science" on Sunday 4th April at 3pm, by cosmologist Dr Chandrima Ganguly.
Hands-on activities for children
There will be a new hands-on activity every day at Noon during the week of 29th March - 2nd April.
- Monday 29th March: Make your own Planet
- Tuesday 30th March: How to bake a galaxy
- Wednesday 31st March: Colours, Chemistry, and exploding planets
- Thursday 1st April: Make your own spectrometer
- Friday 2nd April: Physics in your kitchen
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