UofT Planetarium: The Quest for Life in the Universe

Showtimes: 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm

Are we alone? This question has inspired scientific research for millenia, but in the last fifty years astronomers have taken the first tentative steps toward answering it. In this planetarium show, we journey to the worlds of our Solar System, from Mars to Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Titan, in search of environments that could potentially foster life. We then travel hundreds of light-years away from the Sun to explore some of the most extreme, most bizarre and most Earth-like extrasolar planets discovered to date.

Your show will be approximately 50 minutes long. All of our shows are presented live and in person by University of Toronto astronomers. Plenty of time is allocated for questions from the audience.

If you have questions please contact planetarium@universe.utoronto.ca

Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: $6 (Online pre-purchase)
Tickets: Online pre-purchase. Normally, shows sell out prior to the day of the show. However, any tickets not pre-sold will be available at the door for $5 per person, cash only.
Organized by: UNIVERSE.utoronto.ca (Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
Location: University of Toronto, Astronomy Building, Room AB79 (basement), 50 St. George Street, Toronto

http://www.universe.utoronto.ca/events/the-quest-for-life-in-the-universe/

^{Image Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech}