About this episode

Professor Chris Lintott discusses the classification of Pluto and his research in astrophysics.

This lecture was recorded by Chris Lintott on the 3rd of June 2026 Professor Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and a Research Fellow at New College. Having been educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and University College London, his research now ranges from understanding how galaxies form and evolve, to using machine learning to find the most unusual things in the Universe, to predicting the properties of visiting interstellar asteroids. He was th...

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Lintott

Topics covered

• astrophysics
• galaxy formation
• machine learning
• interstellar asteroids
• planet classification

Keywords

• Pluto
• planet classification
• astrophysics
• galaxies
• machine learning
• interstellar asteroids

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Oxford, New College

Places: Magdalene College, Cambridge, University College London

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