Moonless night allowing to see deep sky objects

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ISSUES AT THE GRANITE RIDGE PARK, THE STAR PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS SEASON Granite Ridge Campgroundhttp://www.gatewaytotheuniverse.org/star-parties-special-events.htmlhttp://www.graniteridge.com/

With 66 radio dishes operating as a single telescope located 5 km above sea level on the Chajnantor plateau in northern Chile, the ALMA observatory was designed to probe fundamental questions about our universe.

Join John Gauvreau of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers as he takes us on a virtual tour of the universe.

See the milky way and galaxies with the unaided eye. Point your telescope to find the many dim deep space objects that sprinkle the sky. Away from Toronto's light polution, there is so much to see. We observe from the Long Sault Conservation area, an hour outside of Toronto. We meet around dusk once a month in the parking lot for views only seen in dark sky conditions. We hold this event on the first clear night of our week-long window, so the date and time are determined closer to.

Dr. John Percy delivers a fun introduction to astronomy as he "corrects" common misconceptions, from space aliens to black holes and the birth of the universe. No science or math background is needed! Lots of time for Q&A.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way to asteroid Bennu on a sample return mission. What questions are mission scientists hoping to answer? Who gets to play with the space dirt? Why was Bennu chosen? Will we need Bruce Willis to blow it up? Learn the answers to these questions and more!

In honour of Science Literacy Week, the McMaster Space Initiative Science Café is a night of learning filled with talks from local scientists in the McMaster community

Our life on Earth, and the Earth itself, are products of cosmic events that happened long ago and far away, but are still on display in the night sky. How are the ingredients of life and the environments for life being made? Is the Earth special or typical? Is our Universe especially good at making life? Who else might be circling one of the stars in our sky?

Professor Yanqin Wu investigates the formation and evolution of planets, both inside and outside our own Solar System. Her current attention is devoted to a recently discovered puzzle, the presence of planetary systems around white dwarf stars, stars that have lived through their lives and are cooling off quietly in their cemeteries. The observational evidence is difficult to square with our current knowledge about the extra-solar planetary systems, and perhaps a new picture is required.

For millennia, people (including our First Nations) have used the sky as a clock, calendar, and compass. Astronomy thus became deeply rooted in their spirituality, mythology, and culture.