Astrophiz 46: Dr Tamara Davis “The Dark Universe" Today we are speaking with Professor Tamara Davis from the University of Queensland. Tamara is a renowned and extensively cited cosmologist who has won numerous prizes for her research. Dr Davis talks us through our understanding of dark energy and it’s role in the accelerating expansion of our universe and what it means for the ultimate fate of our cosmos. For observers and astrophotographers, Ian ‘Astroblog’ Musgrave tells us what when and where to look for objects in the morning and evening skies, and in ‘Ian’s Tangent’ he introduces us to some spooky Halloween phenomena and the rare interstellar comet that flashed past our home star a few days ago. In the News: A follow-up from our last episode on Gravitational waves and ‘multi-messenger astronomy’ we look into what may be inside neutron stars … apart from neutrons … enjoy!

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