How to: Navigate the Milky Way with Prof Naomi McClure-Griffiths
Event description
How to Navigate the Milky Way – with Prof Naomi McClure-Griffiths
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
If you ever get lost in the Milky Way, call astronomer Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths for directions. She has been unlocking the evolution and fate of our galaxy with the world’s biggest and best telescopes – including CSIRO’s impressive Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder.
Naomi has seen amazing things. For instance, did you know the Milky Way eats other galaxies to keep building stars? Naomi takes us on a tour through our gaseous, magnetic and seemingly magical Milky Way...
Ideas at JNI Series
Get to know how we, our world and our universe works with Australia’s most inspirational thinkers and doers in science and technology.
From the Milky Way to the garbage tip, and everything in between, ‘Ideas at JNI’ will explore the wonders of our universe, the challenges we face on Earth, and the innovative solutions that already exist to tackle them.
Take a break from pandemics, fires and floods and join us at the Judith Neilson Institute for an evening of ideas and inspiration.
Doors open 6:00pm and close at 6:25pm for a 6:30pm sharp start.
Refreshments will be available from 6:00pm.
Please note that we are filming this event so will be unable to admit latecomers.