BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261211T100000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_633_84c4010e81571cdeb23666e1d2da6548@cses.org.uk SUMMARY:CSES/ARU Christmas Lectures : The Great Alien Hunt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC\, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar

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Join astronomer and author Dr Matt Bothwell as we hunt for signs of life across the Galaxy. We’ll search for planet s in other Solar Systems\, and learn about all the weird and wonderful ways scientists think we (mig ht) be able to travel around the Universe. We’ll t ake a trip across the frozen seas of Jupiter’s moo ns\, to planets made of lava in the deepest depths of space. We might even try to answer the biggest question of all… are we alone in the Universe?

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Matthew Bothwell is the public astronome r at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and an astrophysicist by training. He is in charge of public engagement activities at t he IoA\, which includes running their schools outr each programme\, winter stargazing evenings\, Camb ridge Festival events\, and more. He also supports IoA researchers who want to engage the public wit h their research.

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Matthew is an experi enced science communicator and science writer. He has published three popular astronomy books for bo th adults and children: The Great Alien Hunt (2025\, DK)\, Astr ophysics for Supervillains (2024\, DK)\, and < a href="https://oneworld-publications.com/work/the -invisible-universe/">The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye (20 21\, Oneworld). He has lectured for the Royal Institution\, New Scientist\, the Royal Astron omical Society\, and the British Astronomical Asso ciation\, amongst many others\, and his science wr iting has appeared in New Scientist< /a>\, The Daily Beast\, Aeon magazin e\, The Guardian\, Writer's Digest\, and more.

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To reserve places for your st udents please send an email to contact@cses.org.uk stating which session(s) you prefer(AM\, PM\, EIT HER OR BOTH)\, how many students you wish to bring \, and their year groups.

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We are also able to offer tours of the ARU fa cilities to a limited number of students with each session! This will mean that it becomes a full da y event with the lecture in the morning and the to ur in the afternoon\, or vice-versa\, with a lunch break between*. If you wish to take part in the t our please also indicate this on your email.

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* Students will need to br ing a packed lunch or purchase food from the ARU c anteen.

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DESCRIPTION:Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC\, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar\n \ n \n \n Join astronomer and author Dr Matt Bothwel l as we hunt for signs of life across the Galaxy. We’ll search for planets in other Solar Systems\, and learn about all the weird and wonderful ways s cientists think we (might) be able to travel aroun d the Universe. We’ll take a trip across the froze n seas of Jupiter’s moons\, to planets made of lav a in the deepest depths of space. We might even tr y to answer the biggest question of all… are we al one in the Universe?\n \n \n \n Matthew Bothwell i s the public astronomer at the Institute of Astron omy at the University of Cambridge and an astrophy sicist by training. He is in charge of public enga gement activities at the IoA\, which includes runn ing their schools outreach programme\, winter star gazing evenings\, Cambridge Festival events\, and more. He also supports IoA researchers who want to engage the public with their research.\n \n \n \n Matthew is an experienced science communicator an d science writer. He has published three popular a stronomy books for both adults and children: The G reat Alien Hunt (https://www.dk.com/uk/book/978024 1754337-astrophysics-for-supervillains-2-the-great -alien-hunt/) (2025\, DK)\, Astrophysics for Super villains (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books /746673/astrophysics-for-supervillains-by-dr-matth ew-bothwell/9780744098990/) (2024\, DK)\, and The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality th an Meets the Eye (https://oneworld-publications.co m/work/the-invisible-universe/) (2021\, Oneworld). He has lectured for the Royal Institution (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnzgnji9FQ)\, New Scien tist\, the Royal Astronomical Society\, and the Br itish Astronomical Association\, amongst many othe rs\, and his science writing has appeared in New S cientist (https://www.newscientist.com/author/matt hew-bothwell/)\, The Daily Beast (https://www.thed ailybeast.com/author/matt-bothwell)\, Aeon magazin e (https://aeon.co/users/matthew-bothwell)\, The G uardian\, Writer's Digest\, and more.\n \n \n \n T o reserve places for your students please send an email to contact@cses.org.uk stating which session (s) you prefer(AM\, PM\, EITHER OR BOTH)\, how man y students you wish to bring\, and their year grou ps.\n \n \n \n We are also able to offer tours of the ARU facilities to a limited number of students with each session! This will mean that it becomes a full day event with the lecture in the morning and the tour in the afternoon\, or vice-versa\, wi th a lunch break between*. If you wish to take par t in the tour please also indicate this on your em ail.\n \n \n \n * Students will need to bring a pa cked lunch or purchase food from the ARU canteen.\ n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:School & Family CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20261211T100000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261211T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261211T153000 LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University (Room SAL 001)\n Michael Salmon Building\n Alan Cherry Drive\n Chelmsford\n CM1 1DT\n United Kingdom\n URL:https://cses.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=110&reset=1&id=633 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR