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Meet space explorers in our blow-up planetarium, create your own galaxy next to real spacecraft, or hold a comet in your hand.
Celebrate the finale of Cassini’s mission to Saturn with a journey through ‘out of this world’ science at Imperial
A Space Odyssey is the latest in Imperial College’s Fringe series of public evening events exploring science at its most engaging and fun. Based on the College’s ground-breaking research, the Fringe programme runs throughout the year to give our friends and supporters an opportunity to meet our researchers and find out more about our work.
A Space Odyssey will feature a range of talks, demonstrations and interactive science for you to enjoy:
- Put your questions to our Imperial Cassini mission scientists as they reminisce about the journey to Saturn
- Vote for your next solar system destination of choice with future missions lead Dr Adam Masters as he puts forward the case for the next great worlds to explore
- Sit under a blanket of stars (whatever the weather) and journey around the night sky inside our Pop-up planetarium. You can register for one of these sessions in advance here
- Gaze up at our giant replica of the Herschel Space Observatory and learn from Astrophysicist Dave Clements how its infrared telescope has helped reveal how stars form
- Hold a comet in your hand with our Rosetta team scientists as they discuss the discoveries that have revolutionised our understand of these frozen bodies
- Make your own thin film paper spacecraft and learn all about CubeSats and the low cost, light weight revolution in space exploration with Computing’s Professor Julie McCann and Michael Johnson
- Tour our Earth Observation Characterisation Facility that tests the satellites that monitor our changing climate. You can register for one of these tours in advance here
- Discover how we find exoplanets and explore their atmospheres with our Astrophysics group scientists
- Make galactic art with our Astronomy Society as you learn your spirals from your bar galaxies with our amateur night sky watchers
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