Our place in the cosmos | Catherine Heymans | IAI
26Catherine Heymans takes us on a tour of the night sky from the Edinburgh Royal Observatory and explores the possibility of life on other planets.
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Pull apart and peruse the majesty of the night sky with Astronomer Royal Catherine Heymans as she explores the Summer triangle and other stars and constellations visible from earth. In this tour of the cosmos, Professor Heymans takes us through the possibility of life on other planets, the role of Dark Matter in holding our galaxy in place as well as what was happening in history when the light from these magnificent stars first set out to reach us.
Astrophysicist and Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans takes us on a virtual tour of the visible night sky from the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
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Catherine Heymans is a Professor of Astrophysics at the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh, based at the Royal Observatory.
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