Black hole image from Worlds, Systems & Creations
Spectacular light show celebrates new Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics. March 2017) Stunning images of the cosmos will be projected on to one of Durham City's newest landmarks to celebrate its official opening next week (9,10,11 March). Called Worlds, Systems & Creations, the multi-media projection is a collaboration between artists and cosmologists. It will form part of the opening celebrations for Durham University's £11.5m Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics on Lower Mountjoy (formerly the Science Site), South Road, Durham. Stunning images of the Universe Worlds, Systems & Creations has been created by artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid, with music by Isobel Waller-Bridge. It begins with the story of 18th Century County Durham astronomer, mathematician and architect Thomas Wright who was the first person to describe the shape of the Milky Way. It also features stunning computer simulations of the Universe carried out at Durham University's Institute for Computational Cosmology , some of which featured in The World Machine exhibit projected on to Durham Cathedral as part of Lumiere 2015.
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