If the skies are clear on Thursday evening, September 5, local astronomers will set up their telescopes in Old Thornhill Village.
Details and GO / NO-GO call: https://www.facebook.com/events/2456140727986608/
Considered the most influential discovery of the century, gravitational wave GW150914 broke records in physics, astronomy, and interferometry - with still more to come.
We are all made of stardust. That dust comes from the debris left over after a massive star explodes. These environments are so extreme they are unlike anything we can find or duplicate on Earth.
Fourteen billion years ago, the universe was little more than a cloud of hot hydrogen gas. Patrick Breysse will tell the story of how that cloud of gas evolved into all of the galaxies, stars, and planets we see around us today.
