The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) offers three regular forums for talks: Invited colloquia, more informal scientific seminars, and informal non-scientific Feast-of-Facts. Talks are broadcasted on ZOOM and if possible are given in the Duffield Lecture Theatre (DLT). Colloquia are one-hour research lectures primarily presented by invited speakers and finishing PhD-students. They are usually scheduled 11am on Tuesdays and speakers are invited by the school after based on suggestions ranked by a speaker selection committee. Seminar talks are more informal half-hour talks and are usually scheduled 11am on Thursdays. Feast-of-Facts are RSAA-internal informal 15-minute open-mic talks of two speakers each at 2pm on Fridays. If you are interested in suggesting a speaker or presenting a talk at RSAA, please contact seminars@mso.anu.edu.au

Next Seminar Talk

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DateSpeaker
14/10/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Tomasz Rozanski
Tim Bedding (U Sydney)
Probing inside stars with asteroseismology
17/10/2025, 14:00-14:30
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Christoph Federrath
Edward Troccoli (RSAA)
On the dissipation of turbulence
21/10/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Arunima
Erika Hamden (U Arizona)
Discovery potential in the era of Small Sats
04/11/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: TBD
Marcus Lower (Swinburne U.)
TBD
05/11/2025, 09:00-17:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Chris Wolf
Honours and masters students (RSAA)
Honours and masters end-of-thesis talks
06/11/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Mark Krumholz
Neco Kriel (RSAA)
TBD (End-of-thesis talk)
07/11/2025, 09:00-12:30
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Chris Wolf
Honours and masters students (RSAA)
Honours and masters end-of-thesis talks
11/11/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Brian Schmidt and Francois Rigaut
Guy Perrin (Observatoire de Paris)
Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way: exploration and tests of general relativity
18/11/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Hiep Nguyen
Ned Taylor (Swinburne U.)
TBD
19/11/2025, 09:30-15:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Christoph Federrath
Various (RSAA)
Confirmation of Candidature Talks
25/11/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: TBD
Claudia Lagos (UWA)
TBD
02/12/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Tim Gao
Jesse van de Sande (UNSW)
TBD
04/12/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: Helmut Jerjen
Ethan Crosby (RSAA)
TBD (End-of-thesis talk)
09/12/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: TBD
Andrew Casey (Monash)
TBD
11/12/2025, 11:00-12:00
ZOOM or Duffield Lecture Theatre
Host: TBD
Callum Lynn (RSAA)
TBD (End-of-thesis talk)

List of past seminars

Please email all enquiries to seminars@mso.anu.edu.au