On the 27th of January I was invited to give the annual lecture of the Sir M.A. Refalo Sixth form. The talk carried the title: ‘Tracing our Origins: The Story of looking up at the Night Sky’. It was a very nice occasion on which I had the opportunity to engage with the general public and catch up with members of the school. I thank the council alumni society of the…
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Recently I had the pleasure to give a talk for the Oxford University Alumni Society in Berlin. Below is a respost from the society’s website. Thanks again for the invitation and for the wonderful evening! Oxford-Berlin Seminar with Dr Joseph Caruana (Christ Church) Friday, 11 November 2016, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt Universiät zu Berlin The Oxford University Society Berlin was pleased to welcome distinguished astrophysicist and alumnus Dr Joseph…
Below follow details of an upcoming talk I will be giving for the general public organised by the Astronomical Society of Malta. The concept of time travel is a staple of many science fiction stories. However, we do indeed have the ability to look back in time whenever we turn our glance towards the skies. Distances to stars and galaxies are so vast that light takes thousands, millions and billions…