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.

Speaker: Peter Sutherland

Explore the universe with members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Telescopes will be set up to give you amazing views of our Moon, the planets and more!

Explore the universe with members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Telescopes will be set up to give you amazing views of our Moon, the planets and more!

Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian Astronaut, European Space Agency, in conversation with Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar and Bryan Gaensler, Director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto.

The universe is very large and all of it is very far away. Even the edge of the solar system is inexplicably far away. Learn how we have used telescopes and space missions to understand our solar system and universe beyond it. With Jielai Zhang. 3rd floor, Room B.

Using what we know about life on Earth as a starting point, Lauren Hetherington explains the way we will learn how life could exist elsewhere in the Universe, and how we can look for it. Presented in collaboration with the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Revolutionary progress has been achieved in the science of cosmology over the past 30 years. Powerful experiments, made possible by new technologies, have transformed our understanding of the universe. We have unveiled the laws of physics that govern time and space on the grandest scales, from the big bang to present day.

David Paige is Professor of Planetary Sciences at UCLA. He is a Principal Investigator on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, and also on NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which discovered ice on the Moon and on Mercury. For more information on David Page, visit: www.planetary.org/explore/projects/mcs/david-paige.html Refreshments afterwards

Join McMaster's Sidewalk Astronomy in observing the total lunar eclipse, the last of the lunar tetrad! As part of Science Literacy Week 2015, they are organizing a free public observing event for everyone. Remember to dress warmly, it's going to be a cold night! Observing is subject to the weather. Please check the website for announcements prior to the event.