The Royal Institution

The Last Stargazers - with Emily Levesque (2020x79)

Exibido em:: Out 02, 2020

As robots are increasingly taking over from human stargazers, Emily Levesque reveals the rapidly changing world of the professional astronomer. Emily's book is available now: https://geni.us/cA2J Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/qTJAvPfjhKA Astronomers journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe while handling equipment worth millions. It is a life of unique delights and absurdities, and one that may be drawing to a close. Soon it will be the robots, not humans, gazing at the sky