Usual Time & Place : 7:30pm, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Flannel St

As always everyone is welcome. Look forward to meeting up.

The topic will be DARK ENERGY – claimed to be one of the main constituents of the Universe
7:30 pm in the Hen and Chickens, Flannel Street, Abergavenny

At his talk on Dark Matter in February Nick said that DM was a difficult topic but that Dark Energy would be impossible to talk about.
That sounded like a challenge to me!
So – can I find enough information/speculation to keep us interested for an hour?
Come along with your own thoughts, ideas, speculation, or just to listen to see if we can meet the challenge.

Next meeting is on Monday 27th January

The topic will be Gravitational Waves:-
A bit of history, A bit of theory, Recent Developments and The future

Usual Time & Place : 7:30pm, upstairs in the Hen & Chickens, Flannel St

Looking forward to meeting up in 2025

At the last meeting in November, where Andrew gave a very interesting talk on Saturn, the topic of the Pale Blue Dot was raised.
This refers to a photograph taken by Voyager 1 on the 14^th February, 1990 from beyond the planet Neptune, a distance of 6 billion km (3.7 billion miles).  On the photo the Earth was less than 1 pixel.
In case anyone is interested the passage that Carl Sagan wrote in 1994 to go with the picture is on YouTube (HERE).  I have also put a copy on the download page (HERE)

At the last meeting the general feeling was that the next scheduled meeting (23rd) was too close to Christmas.

It was therefore decided to cancel the December meeting.

The next meeting will therefore be on the 27th January. Further details will be posted nearer the date.

So, enjoy the Christmas and New Year holiday season and hope to see everyone in 2025

Happy Christmas & a Good New Year
Nadolig Llawen  –  Blwyddyn Newydd Dda