3. Studying millions of objects in the universe with Dr. Brad Tucker

3. Studying millions of objects in the universe with Dr. Brad Tucker

Science Bytes · 2022-12-01

Are we close to answering the biggest questions of the universe? Join Dr. Brad Tucker, Astronomer from the Mount Stromlo Observatory at The Australian National University, in this new episode of Science Bytes to learn about how supercomputing and big data are accelerating the processes of astronomy. In his daily work, Brad studies dark matter and supernovas, putting humanity closer to solving research questions that we previously thought would be impossible to answer.

Find out more:

Dr. Brad Tucker

Website: https://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brad/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/btucker22

SkyMapper Project: https://skymapper.anu.edu.au/

Rubin Observatory: https://www.lsst.org/

Learn more about National Computational Infrastructure (NCI):

Website: https://nci.org.au/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NCInews

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-computational-infrastructure/

Thanks to James Beattie (ANU) for the astrophysics visualisation used in the artwork, and to Andy Maher for the show production (andymaher.com).

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