Our public lecture for May 2026 will be held by Dr Adam Carnall.

The lecture will be held in room 641 of the Royal College Building at Strathclyde University, at 19:30pm.

The formation of the vast and complex galaxies we see in today's Universe is an epic story, spanning the full 14 billion years of cosmic history.  Over the past three years, the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope, successor to Hubble, has revealed in stunning, never-before-seen detail the earliest stages of this story, all the way back to the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Dr Carnall will give an overview of the most exciting recent developments and the mysteries still to be solved.
 
A graduate of Durham and Edinburgh Universities, Adam Carnall is now a faculty member at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh. He leads the Origins of Massive Galaxies research group, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope to study the earliest stages in the formation of galaxies like our own Milky Way. Originally from North Yorkshire, Adam is a keen hillwalker in the Scottish Highlands and Golden Retriever owner.

Members - please remember to log in to read additional articles and view events in the calendar (shown in yellow) which are available to members only.
The Society also has a WhatsApp group for members to allow coordination of impromptu observing sessions at ETMO as the weather allows. Please ask about being added to this if you are interested.

 


Dr Queenie Chan answers questions after her successful lecture
entitled "Meteorites and the Search for Life", September 2019
Image:Eileen Gibson

The ASG's free public lectures for the 2025-26 session are as follows. Some lectures can be watched again on the ASG's YouTube channel.

All lectures start at 19:30 and are held in University of Strathclyde, Royal College building, normally Room 6.41

Thursday 18th September 2025 Observing The Brightest Objects In The Universe
Dr Vicky Fawcett, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University
Thursday 16th October 2025 Living Off The Moon
Prof Mark Symes, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow
Thursday 20th November 2025 A Decade Of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Dr Christopher Berry, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Thursday 18th December 2025 The Antikythera Mechanism
The John Brown Lecture
Dr Vassilios Spathopoulos, Science Educator
Thursday 15th January 2026 Listening To Einstein’s Universe - Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
The Thomas Tannahill Lecture
Prof Martin Hendry, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Thursday 19th February 2026 Members' Night Talks
Various talks by members of the ASG
Thursday 19th March 2026 How Can AI Help Us Find Exploding Stars And Hungry Black Holes?
Dr Heloise Stevance, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Thursday 16th April 2026 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Dr Anne-Marie Weijmans, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
Thursday 21st May 2026 The Origins of Massive Galaxies
Dr Adam Carnall, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh

The ASG 2025 calendar is now on sale.  It is composed entirely of images taken by members of our society including the first images from the ETMO dome scope.  It can be purchased for £10 at upcoming ASG events either in cash or online bank transfer.  The money raised will help fund ETMO and other ASG activities.

The ASG now has a range of merchandise available to purchase online at: https://www.redbubble.com/people/asglasgow/shop
All the images in the catalogue were taken by ASG members, and all proceeds from sales go towards offsetting the costs of running the observatory.

  1. Observatory Official Opening - Saturday 30th September 2023
  2. YouTube video by Dr. Luke Daly
  3. LISA Symposium XIV
  4. Observatory Build Completed

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