A lot of people have seen Saturn and its rings through a small backyard telescope. But 400 years ago, the first telescopes couldn’t even show that Saturn /had/ rings.

Today we’ve got telescopes that can see right back to when the Universe was young and galaxies were in their teenage years.

Dr Kim-Vy Tran is a visiting astronomer from the USA, and studies those early galaxies. She’ll be talking at Questacon on Thursday about what today’s telescope show us, and what we hope to see with the big telescopes of the future.

This is a free talk and suitable for children aged 10 and up.

Where: Questacon, Canberra When: 6 pm, Thursday 29 July How long: 1 hour

URL: canberra.questacon.edu.au/events/#July2010 http://canberra.questacon.edu.au/events/#July2010

Enquiries about the talk: Sonia Morabito, Questacon Tel 02-6270-2949 SMorabito@questacon.edu.au

Interviews with Dr Tran: Dr Tran on 040 460 1209 or Helen Sim 02 9372 4251

cheers,

Helen Sim