Astronomy Booth: Small Bodies in the Solar System

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:10pm, 9:15pm

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:10pm, 9:15pm

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:10pm

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/Q8eRPEqxY60

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/2CoVcNN8mSw

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/AycZnkjv-HQ

Watch the recorded video: https://youtu.be/rk440E6pc60

Since the discovery of the first exoplanets in the early 1990s, we have detected more than 4,000 worlds beyond our solar system. Many of these are similar in size to our Earth, leading to an obvious question: could any be habitable? For now, we typically only know the size and orbit of these planets, but nothing about their surface conditions. Although we cannot know for sure if these worlds could support life, we can use models to speculate on what we might find there.

Join us for the November AstroTour! Victor Chan, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, will be sharing his expertise on cosmology!