We can now announce our speakers and topics for our 2026-2027 lecture series.
Join us for some exciting talks led by wonderful guest speakers over the next year.
Entry to these is free to all, and all lectures are held in Room 6.41 of the Royal College building at Strathclyde University. This can be accessed via the James Weir building on Montrose Street.
More details of each talk is to come, and we hope to see you there!
2026
17th September 2026 - Space Telescopes & Star Clusters | Dr Veronika Dornan, Post-Doctoral Researcher @ University of Edinburgh
15th October 2026 - The ESA Comet Interceptor Mission | Prof Colin Snodgrass, School of Physics & Astronomy @ University of Edinburgh
19th November 2026 - Frontiers of Black Hole Astronomy with the Event Horizon Telescope | Dr Kazunori Akiyama, Associate Professor @ Heriott-Watt University
17th December 2026 - A Sojourn Through the Interstellar Locker Looking for Planets (& More Around Distant Stars) | Dr Matthew Swayne, Post-Doctoral Researcher @ University of Glasgow
2027
28th January 2027 - The Universe: Reality or Simulation? | Prof Catherine Heymans, Astronomer Royal for Scotland @ Institute for Astronomy - University of Edinburgh
18th February 2027 - Members Night Talks
18th March 2027 - From Missing Matter and Gravitational Waves to a New Theory of Particle Physics | Dr Nils Hermannsonn-Truedsson, School of Physics & Astronomy @ University of Edinburgh
15th April 2027 - Pulsars - Celestial Lighthouses | Prof Declan Diver, School of Physics & Astronomy @ University of Glasgow
20th May 2027 - Astronomy in Twilight: Warm Summer Nights with Midges | Dr Andrew Conway, President @ The Astronomical Society of Glasgow