One hundred years after the realisation that our galaxy was one of many galaxies in the Universe.
Resources
The writings and videos range from accessible discussions of ideas in the field and notes for students, through to technical working papers.
Easther and group members build visualisations to communicate concepts in physics, astronomy and cosmology.
Much of our research focusses on understanding non-linear processes in the universe, and we have developed tools to simulate these, and for cosmological data analyses.
Stellar Accelerations and Dark Matter
We can explore the galactic gravitational field via precision measurements of stellar velocities.
Richard in the Cartesian Cafe
Richard’s appearance on Tim Nguyen’s Cartesian Cafe podcast
PyUltraLight v2
Simulating the dynamics of black holes moving in ultralight dark matter
Happy Birthday, Ernest Rutherford
On the 150th anniversary of the birth of New Zealand’s most celebrated scientist, Ernest Rutherford, Richard Easther acknowledges the man who brought us the insight that our world is made of atoms
The Whole Story…
A talk to the Auckland Astronomical Society that covers the history of the universe