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Public astronomy talk by Prof. Chris Lintott

May 1, 2025 barry

The Relativity Group at University College Dublin is hosting Prof. Chris Lintott to give a public talk at the Royal Irish Academy at 18:30 on Tuesday May 13th 2025:

Our Accidental Universe: Discoveries from Asteroids to Aliens
Many scientific discoveries were made after meticulous planning and examination. But sometimes, the best discoveries happen just by pure luck. Some of them were so astonishing that astrophysicists even contemplated the existence of aliens… or pigeon guano in their instruments. Join us for a tale of cosmic wonders, scientific mysteries, bizarre accidents, and mind-boggling human errors.

The talk will be accessible to a wide audience interested in astronomy and astrophysics. Click here to register for free tickets.

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Dr Barry Wardell

I am an Associate Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at University College Dublin. My research interests involve the study of black holes, gravitational waves and cosmic strings. I am particularly focused on numerical and perturbation theory approaches to solving Einstein’s equations of General Relativity. I am leader of the UCD Relativity group, a co-lead of the Multiscale Self-Force collaboration, a member of the LISA DDPC, the LISA Consortium and LISA Ireland, a founding developer of the Black Hole Perturbation Toolkit, a contributor to the Einstein Toolkit, and PI on the EMRIWaveforms ERC Advanced Grant.