Over the last twenty years, we have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars. We are now in a position to analyse this population statistically, look for trends, and ask whether our Solar System is typical among the galaxy or whether it stands out as unique.

Speaker: Elliot Meyer For 25 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has been our primary eye on the Universe in space. Through it we have vastly expanded our understanding of the Cosmos and our place within it. Not only an amazing scientific instrument, HST has also become a popular science icon. As the successor of Hubble approaches its launch date let’s take a look at why we need telescopes in space, how HST was almost a colossal failure, and how its successor will reach even futher back to the view other worlds and infant galaxies.

Join York University's Faculty of Science for a talk given by Harvard University physicist and best-selling author Lisa Randall, followed by a panel discussion featuring York University physicists.

Potpourri meetings feature a series of short presentations on various astronomy and space topics given by members of the Mississauga Centre. The meeting is open to the public and is free.   Meeting LineupRandy Attwood - The USSR Space Exhibit at the Science Museum in London - Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space AgeJo VandenDool - Cepheid Variable StarsLeslie Strike - Astrophotography with a tripod

Recent searches have turned up thousands of planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy. What strange new worlds are out there and can some of them support life? With astronomer Dr. Matt Russo. Presented in collaboration with the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Enjoy and learn about the night sky through an engaging presentation delivered by an astronomer. Learn about history, mythology and how to identify star constellations overhead.

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm Are we alone? This question has inspired scientific research for millenia, but in the last fifty years astronomers have taken the first tentative steps toward answering it. In this planetarium show, we journey to the worlds of our Solar System, from Mars to Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan, in search of environments that could potentially foster life. We then travel hundreds of light-years away from the Sun to explore some of the most extreme, most bizarre and most Earth-like extrasolar planets discovered to date.

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm Are we alone? This question has inspired scientific research for millenia, but in the last fifty years astronomers have taken the first tentative steps toward answering it. In this planetarium show, we journey to the worlds of our Solar System, from Mars to Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan, in search of environments that could potentially foster life. We then travel hundreds of light-years away from the Sun to explore some of the most extreme, most bizarre and most Earth-like extrasolar planets discovered to date.

Dr. Suresh Sivanandam

Join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson for an evening of engaging conversation on science, exploration and the world as we know it.