Foundational sciences recordings

Stories, seasons and signposts in the sky: Indigenous astronomy

Over countless generations, First Nations Australians have sustained their peoples and cultures by linking deep knowledge of Country to careful observations of the sun, moon, constellations, and other dynamic features of the southern sky. Hear ancient stories and learn some sky-reading skills to build your understanding of space, navigation, seasonal phenomena, and Indigenous cultures. This session includes an overview of the Melbourne Indigenous STEM Education Program.

Discover space at Melbourne: One giant step for Australia

Australia’s space technology is a rapidly growing field. Working with international partners and space agencies, Australian innovation is leading a new generation of exploration. Our future in space technology is looking bright and right across the University and broader Space industries with significant and groundbreaking scientific and engineering advancements being made.

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The most distant galaxies

In this talk, Associate Professor Michele Trenti will introduce fundamental questions of astronomy by focusing on the earliest stages of creation. We do this by observing incredibly distant galaxies. In fact, because of the finite speed of light, distant objects are seen as they were in the past.

A data lens on predicting and tackling crises of our time

How do we bring data science, computation and research data together to predict crisis? At the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, we bring data science, computation and research data stewardship to research projects that tackle such crises. Let’s take a look at some of our work with researchers across the University. And, if you are a researcher from the University of Melbourne, here’s how we can work with you.

Lighting the dark universe

In this talk, William and Madeleine explain how dark matter might interact with the world of physics they know and love, and how scientists might be able to try and spot it. They address the challenges of searching for such a rare signal, and the local effort to detect it that is ramping up deep underground in Victoria.