Join us for a trip through time as we follow the Sun’s 10 billion year life cycle - from birth in a cold primordial nebula into its last throes of nuclear fusion before fading away as a remnant of cosmic jewellery. Chris Vaughan aka @AstroGeoGuy is a professional Geophysicist and Astronomer with a passion for public outreach and education.

Spaceship commander, test pilot, best-selling author and musician, Colonel Chris Hadfield has led a life that is on the edge of dreams. From doing Canada’s first spacewalk to intercepting Cold War Soviet bombers in Canadian airspace, his life has been literally out of this world. Join Chris for an evening of stories, images and music, as he shares his experiences and ideas in an intimate setting.

A talk by Professor Bryan Gaensler, University of Toronto Bryan Gaensler is the Canada Research Chair in Radio Astronomy, and Director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto. His research is in cosmic magnetism, time-domain astrophysics and the diffuse Universe.

A Decade after The Day After Tomorrow: Our Current Understanding of the Ocean's Role in ClimateDr. Susan Lozier, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School, Duke University

Quench your thirst for astronomy! Join on us on Friday November 4th, at the Great Hall were we’ll be celebrating two years of “Tap T.O.”! We promise another fun evening of pints, astronomy news, mind-expanding talks from University of Toronto astronomers and special guest speakers from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid and ExoMars missions. Plus, games, special prizes and food at a special venue: the newly renovated Great Hall! You’ll also have opportunities to talk one-on-one with University of Toronto astronomers over your favourite pint.

When looking at happy & floating astronauts aboard the ISS, all may look calm, but it is certainly not. Come and hear about the myriad hazards to the body in near earth orbit. Our talk will focus on various disease states from space travel, and the clever ways space medicine tries to mitigate the risks. After the talk, you will think twice about taking a ride 200 km straight up.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to asteroid Bennu on a sample return mission. What questions are mission scientists hoping to answer? Who gets to play with the space dirt? Why was Bennu chosen? Will we need Bruce Willis to blow it up? Learn the answers to these questions and more!

Dr. Michele Mosca, Quantum Information Scientist Quantum theory rewrote the rulebook for physics over a century ago. We have since moved from being curious spectators of the quantum realm to active participants, intricately choreographing quantum effects to achieve specific objectives. We harness quantum effects for precise measurement, more powerful computation, more secure communication, and many more applications yet to be discovered.

In honour of Science Literacy Week, the McMaster Space Initiative Science Café is a night of learning filled with talks from local scientists in the McMaster community

A general presentation about the vastness of the Universe as well as about the DRAA will be followed by stargazing. The Crescent Moon, Saturn as well as other celestial objects will be observable (weather permitting).