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After a magnificent* 13.8 billion years** astronomer Chris Lintott (Sky at Night) and Steve Pretty (Hackney Colliery Band) lead a funeral and wake for the universe, as it sadly heads into heat death.
With a nod to the great traditions of New Orleans, after spoken and musical eulogies by Steve, Chris and guests including cosmologist and bestselling author Katie Mack (The End of Everything), a celebratory wake will be held featuring music by the Apocalypse Allstars***.
Join us to celebrate and commemorate, and bring your own memories of the cosmos to share.
*mainly
*current estimate
*** members of Hackney Colliery Band and other leading jazz ensembles
Chris Lintott
Best known as presenter of BBC astronomy programme The Sky At Night, Chris Lintott is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and co-founder of Galaxy Zoo, an online crowd-sourcing project where members of the public assist in classifying over a million galaxies.
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on Fri 10 October 2025