Family Nights are a great introduction to the night sky for our younger guests. Look through telescopes, make some space crafts, visit the Skylab and find out what's really up there! Family Nights require tickets to be purchased in advance. This program runs regardless of sky or weather conditions. If skies are clear you can check out the night sky through a variety of telescopes including the biggest optical telescope in Canada! The evening also includes a presentation in our special Skylab that offers great (virtual) night sky viewing.

Prof. Keith Vanderlinde has spent the last decade building and using telescopes to study the Universe: its composition, history, and eventual fate. Aided by technologies that make cell phones possible, and which make video games a staple of modern culture, he and colleagues from across Canada are building a massive new radio telescope in Penticton, B.C., which will map a larger volume of space than ever attempted before. Lecture: 8:10 - 9:00 PMTelescope observing: 9:00 - 11:00 PM

This presentation shows how you can begin a personal exploration of the sky using a variety of affordable instruments. Marc Teitelbaum of the Toronto Centre of the RASC will demonstrate how technological advances have now made it possible for the ordinary person to truly look back in cosmic time with the aid of instruments and gadgets that are readily available. He will also share tips on where to find like-minded people who will be supportive and help you succeed in your new quest.

The earth's axis is perpendicular to its orbit with the North pole tipping away form the sun. In other words, the season is changing to Fall.

Professor Keith Vanderlinde has spent the last decade building and using telescopes to study the universe: its composition, history, and eventual fate. Aided by the technologies that make cell phones possible and video games a staple of modern culture, he and colleagues from across Canada are building a massive new radio telescope which will begin mapping a larger volume of space than ever attempted before to study the mysterious Dark Energy which drives the universe's evolution.

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.

Hover above the moon like an astronaut and get eye-to-eye with the planets. Find colourful stars, star clusters, bright nebulae and even another galaxy. Our monthly City Star Party is the place to catch universe from within the city limits at Bayview Village Park. If you don't have a telescope then you will find many astronomers who would love to share a view. If you are thinking of buying a telescope, viewing with other people's equipment is the best way to make a good choice. If you have a telescope or binoculars, please bring it!

Join us at the Ontario Science Centre if skies are clear this coming Saturday morning.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Day

From the earliest days of the first hominids and through the epochs into the 21st century, mankind has held a deep fascination with the night sky. In today’s technological society, massive mountaintop observatories and high-tech space telescopes are at the forefront of astronomical research, but an ever-growing group of individuals continue to peer up from dark fields, secluded parks and their own backyards in the quest to explore and understand the universe.

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm How big is the universe? How can we seek to answer this question or understand the answer once we have it? Our universe is much bigger than we imagine it to be but, using analogies and visualizations, we can start to grasp its true dimensions. This planetarium show will journey through the different scales of the universe, starting with familiar objects like the moon and the Earth, and ending with the furthest reaches of the observable universe.

Join us and Durham Skies this September for free stargazing down by the edge of Lake Ontario. Before sunset, come and have a safe look at our nearest star through special solar-filtered telescopes, and then as the sky gets darker, get close-up looks at craters on the Moon and the captivating rings of Saturn.