1. 1.12 How did the Universe begin? January 11, 2011

3. Galaxies

4. A spiral galaxy

5. Two nearby galaxies

6. Exotic galaxies I

7. Exotic galaxies II

8. Nazirah Jetha was brought up in Burnley. Now she’s studying galaxies at Birmingham University.

9. Galaxies, galaxies, galaxies

10. Pedro Ferreira is a scientist at the University of Oxford. He’s trying to find out more about how the Universe began.

11. Pedro Ferreira tries out his ideas by checking predictions against observations, and also by using computer simulations or ‘models’ like this. It shows how galaxies are spread across the Universe.

12. Joy McKenny is an experimental scientist. She develops special mirrors for observing radiation from distant objects in space.