6
May
UofT Lecture: A Human Expedition to Mars [In-Person and Online]
Human exploration of the red planet has been seriously discussed since the 1940s, but no mission concept has gone beyond the planning stage. Why? Join Maria Zuber — the first woman to lead a science department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the first to lead a NASA planetary mission — as she explores the possibility of a human expedition to Mars.
17
April
Speaker's Night: Fast Radio Bursts: What are they and where do they come from? [Online Only]
Join us as Prof. Paul Scholz fromYork University explores Fast Radio Bursts!
5
April
DDO Astronomy Speaker's Night - Eclipse Special
Join us at the DDO as we cover the upcoming April 8 total Solar eclipse!
21
March
[AstroTours] Don’t get caught in the dark! Everything you need to engage with the April 8 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Check out the March AstroTour! March AstroTour features Charles J. Woodford on the upcoming solar eclipse followed by exciting astronomy demos and telescope tours!
20
March
Speaker's Night: Galactic Powerhouses: Exploring Quasars and Their Spectacular Spectra [Online Only]
Join us as Marianna Veltri explores Quasars and their spectacular spectra!
16
February
Astronomy Speaker's Night - JWST and the Search for Life in Unexpected Places
Join us at the DDO as June Parsons explore the possible types of planets we might consider when searching for life in the Solar neighbourhood.
21
February
Speaker's Night: The Evolutionary Map of the Universe
Join us as Prof. Andrew Hopkins presents the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU), an ongoing project to map the southern hemisphere with the ASKAP radio telescope.
17
January
Speaker's Night: A telescope story, bringing the Allan I Carswell Observatory into 2024
Join us as Dr. Elaina Hyde presents the Allan I Carswell Observatory, Toronto's own 1m robotic, renovated, facility.
11
January
[AstroTours] The Gaia space telescope reveals the galaxy collision that shaped the Milky Way
Check out the January AstroTour! January AstroTour features James Lane on the The Milky Way galaxy followed by exciting astronomy demos and telescope tours!
6
December
[AstroTours] What the Biggest Things in the Universe Can Tell Us About the Oldest and Smallest Things
Check out the December AstroTour! December AstroTour features Nathan Carlson's talk on the Cosmic Web followed by exciting astronomy demos and telescope tours!