TALLAHASEE FREETHINKERS - Surprising discoveries from our universe

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British astrophysicist, Christopher John Lintott, reveals that many profound discoveries about our universe have been made accidentally. For instance,
- A region of space previously presumed to be vacant was anything but.
- Little was known about Enceladus, one of Saturn’s many moons until NASA accidentally uncovered it's special important attributes.
- Information about the cosmological formation of pulsars,.
Dr. Lintoff emphasises that advancing state-of-the-art technology will allow us to unravel more mysteries of the universe in the future.
Speaker:
I think one thing we can do is be open to surprise and willing to spend time on it.
---Christopher John Lintott
Christopher John Lintott is a British astrophysicist, author and broadcaster. He is a Professor of Astrophysics in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, where his research ranges from understanding how galaxies form and evolve, to predicting the properties of visiting interstellar asteroids.
He is Principal Investigator of the Zooniverse citizen science platform, which provides opportunities for anyone to contribute to scientific research, and which was the topic of his first book, The Crowd and the Cosmos.
Chris is best known as presenter of the BBC's long-running ‘Sky at Night’ programme, and as an accomplished lecturer and performer.
In 2023 Chris was appointed the 39th Gresham Professor of Astronomy, a post that dates back to the 16th century. In this episode Chris tells Ed about his new book, Our Accidental Universe, which discusses how astronomers often stumble across their discoveries.