Everyone is invited to join the DRAA for a fun evening of stargazing at Millennium Square in Pickering. You will enjoy spectacular views of the Moon, Saturn, deep space star clusters and galaxies through big telescopes. The DRAA will have an information booth filled with astronomy literature and hand outs. Do you have a telescope but are not sure how to use it? Bring it along and DRAA members will be happy to help you!

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm For thousands of years, humans have studied the heavens from the confines of the Earth.  In the last century, however, we have begun sending both people and machines to other worlds. Where have we gone, and what discoveries have we made? This planetarium show will delve into the history of space exploration, from the first tentative steps made during the Space Race to the first-ever flyby of Pluto by the New Horizons spacecraft.

When peering into the cosmos, astronomers can only gather instantaneous snapshots of celestial objects whose evolution — with rare exceptions — unfolds on timescales far too long to be probed within a human lifetime.

Four hundred years ago, we knew almost nothing about the structure of the universe. Today we can see to the very edges of space and time. A look at four key astronomers who changed history by changing the way we see the cosmos. From the 17th - 20th century, let's take a tour through the history and technological advancements found in astronomy from Galileo, Herschel, Bessel, and Leavitt. *This workshop is being held as a satellite event and collaboration with Toronto's Maker Festival.

There are astronauts and then there are space walkers. Only three Canadians have donned space suits and stepped into the void 400 km above the Earth to perform zero-G construction work on the International Space Station.

Speaker: Dr. Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo

Juris Steprāns looks at logic in science fiction, including both the misconceptions and insights which scifi has produced about Gödel's theorem, one of the most misunderstood results of mathematics.

Speaker: Dr. Amaury Triaud

From decades-old radio transmissions to the ringing of ionized matter, NASA’s audio archive has a ready supply of compelling and otherworldly sounds, and artists from around the world have been making use of the material. The Canadian Music Centre has invited Canadian composers to use sounds downloaded from NASA’s archive to create their own electronic piece or soundscape. On Thursday, June the 4th, you will be treated to a live presentation of the new pieces.

Vilhelm A. Bohr