Out of this World!

Ever heard of condensed matter physics? No? Well, I hope I can convince you it’s both important and fascinating! From understanding fundamental aspects of the natural world, to the origin of your phone, solid state physics is everywhere. It’s also vital to quantum sensing, done by our group at CSIRO.

I present a brief overview on planets beyond our solar system: how they can be found, what we found so far, and how this ties into my work investigating gravitational wobbles with the Gaia space telescope.

I use radio telescopes to observe molecules in space. But how can we see molecules (which are very small) when they're so far away? I will explain how molecules can be detected and describe some interesting results from these observations.