Category Archives: Astrophysics

Life, Physics and Everything

Posted on 13/08/2018 by Jon Butterworth

When the Guardian’s science blog network closes, Life & Physics will have been here for eight years. Physics has come a long way in that time, but there is (as always) more to be done… My sign-off from The Guardian.

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Our “Map of the Invisible”

Posted on 16/01/2018 by Jon Butterworth

Interview with John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4 Today programme, prior to the book launch at the Royal Institution. Here’s my lecture from the Royal Institution: And here is the Q&A afterwards:

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Could the theory which predicted gravitational waves be wrong?

Posted on 03/10/2017 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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Perimeter Lecture: The James Webb Space Telescope

Posted on 01/03/2017 by Jon Butterworth

At the Guardian.

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