Year: 2014

ASX 12th Annual Symposium “Stellar Graveyard”

Location and Time:JJR MacLeod Auditorium (MS 2158), 1 King’s College Circle from 7-10 pm the night of Friday, January 23, 2015. We are honored to be featuring: Professor Christian Ott from California Institute of Technology, The Theory of Stellar Death and Explosion: Massive stars die in spectacular core-collapse supernova explosions and leave behind neutron stars or black holes.…
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Are Humans Ready to Land On Mars?

ASX is partnering with the Canadian Nuclear Society to bring you a special event: Are Humans Ready to Land On Mars? On Friday, November 21, at 6:30 pm in the Bahen Center (40 St. George St.) room 1170, Nicholas Sion will describe the dangers of getting to Mars and how we can overcome them. ASX…
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Star Talk: More to the Universe than Meets the Eye

ASX will be holding our monthly Star Talk on November 13 at 8pm. The speaker is James Taylor, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. The talk will be given in McLennan Physical Labs (60 St George Street). The room is number 102 on the first floor. This…
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New Ways to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

ASX will be holding our monthly Star Talk on October 23 at 8pm. The speaker is Shelley Wright, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Toronto. The talk will be given in McLennan Physical Labs (60 St George Street). The room is…
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Important Update for First Star Talk

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the speaker for next week’s Star Talk will be unable to join us – but never fear, ASX has got you covered! Come out and get to know the ASX’s executive team, each of whom are never happier than when discussing astronomy. Check out a film on the Hubble Space Telescope…
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