Bad Astronomy at the Movies

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 27th July 2023 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Hybrid

Bad astronomy in movies is a common theme, and some of the most notable examples include sound in space, planetary alignment, black holes, explosions in space, and inaccurate portrayals of gravity. These inaccuracies can misinform audiences and promote misunderstandings about space and the universe.

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Speaker: Prof. Brad Gibson

An Aussie-Canadian transplant, Brad is the Head of Physics & Maths, and Director of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, at the University of Hull.  Brad’s work has gained a degree of notoriety by defining the Milky Way’s Galactic Habitable Zone (named a Top 10 News Story of the Year by National Geographic), determining the expansion rate of the Universe (for which their team was awarded the Gruber Prize in Cosmology), and building the world’s first Liquid Mirror Telescope Observatory.  Brad’s 400+ outreach events over the past 6 years have reached more than a million people around the world, including nearly 100 schools and colleges around the UK.  His commitment to widening participation and diversity, and improving the career prospects of physics students, led to his “Changing Face of Physics” campaign being named Best Practice in the Country by the UK’s Equality Challenge Unit.