Cambridge Festival 2021
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