A captivating tale of space exploration featuring the industry’s brightest female scientists—from Canada and beyond—whose work has helped NASA and the Canadian Space Agency prepare for the future.
Learn about the remarkable story of a Canadian engineer whose influence on the Apollo program led to landing a human on the Moon.
Enjoy a magical moment under Luke Jerram’s ethereal Moon sculpture! The exhibition, The Moon: A Voyage Through Time has closed, but this five-metre wide replica of the moon has been extended until September 15.
What's better than viewing the night sky the way it's meant to be seen? Seeing it with dozens of other stargazers!
On April 24, 2019, Bryon Czarnik, a member of the Toronto Centre, presented the upcoming month's celestial highlights geared to the Mother's Day theme, which will be celebrated this year on May 12, 2019.
The content for the Sky This Month presented by Bryon Czarnik at the Recreational Astronomy Night on April 24, 2019, including event dates and times, sky charts, and observing targets can be found in the accompanying PDF document.
A Royal Astronomical Society of Canada live stream presentation of the Ruth Northcott Memorial Lecture, which was held at York University, Toronto, on June 15, 2019.
The RASC, Toronto Centre lost a longtime member, Charline Norgrove, on May 27, 2019. Here is a loving tribute from her daughter, Sherry Boyer.
After watching Dr. Rainer Weiss' lecture, Artash and Arushi Nath wanted to test the theory behind the quadruple pendulum system that was used in the LIGO Observatory to isolate vibrations and help detect Gravitational Waves.
Ed Treijs, a Councillor for the RASC, Toronto Centre, presented how important it is to know and follow the individual recycling rules of specific jurisdictions.
On May 22, 2019, Jim Chung, author of the book Astro-Imaging Projects for Amateur Astronomers: A Maker's Guide, gave a presentation on a telescope building project that is not in his book.
Ever wondered how big some galaxies are or how far away they are from our own solar system?
Ever wondered what it would actually be like to be on some of the new exoplanets that have been discovered recently? Well, Elizabeth Tasker has wondered about this as well.
Ever wondered how the Ancient Egyptians kept time? Well, Dr. Sarah Symons from McMaster University wondered about this too.
Ever wondered what it would take for humans to go to Mars? Well, Ron Macnaughton has given it much thought.