Didcot Café Scientifique – Dr Chris Pearson “The Life of an Atom”
Have you ever wondered where the carbon in our bodies, the oxygen in the air or the gold in your jewellery come from? The people and things we see around us mark the end of a long journey of constant recycling and reincarnation. Everyone has probably seen the new-age car […]
Festive Fun Run
The annual 5k Festive Fun Run is a fantastic way to spread Christmas cheer and raise money for charity at the same time. Anyone that signs up to our Festive Fun Run will receive a Santa suit, certificate and medal. This event is part of the Mayors fundraising. This year […]
Remembrance Day Parade & Service
Remembrance Day ‘Remembrance Sunday is a national opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life’. Remembrance Day, sometimes known as Poppy day, is a memorial day observed since the end of the First World War to honour […]
Didcot Cafe Scientifique – Dr Chris Pearson, Exoplanets and Alien Worlds
Dr Chris Pearson is head of Astronomy at RAL Space on Harwell Campus. His PhD was in “Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology” with Prof. Michael Rowan-Robinson at Imperial College, London, and has worked on large galaxy surveys for both ground-based telescopes and space-borne missions. He worked for 7 years in Japan […]
