Year: 2015

Space Matters

As a club, our purpose is to inspire and educate students and the general public about astronomy and space. This is why we stand with SEDS-CAN in urging our next government to invest in Canada’s space sector. The Canadian Space Agency’s core budget was set at $300 million in 1999. And it should be increased,…
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Star Talk: Cosmology, Cell Phones, and Video Games

Welcome back to a new school year! We will be continuing our monthly ASX’s Star Talk on September 24th at 8pm. Our speaker is Keith Vanderlinde, an Assistant Professor at the Dunlap Institute and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. Prof. Keith Vanderlinde has spent the last decade building and using telescopes to…
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UofT Club’s Fair

It was great meeting so many new faces at the Club’s Fair on Wednesday 9th! Keep an eye out for more ASX cosmonauts next Tuesday, September 15th for the Street Festival. We’ll be along St. George Street between Harbord Street and College Street from 10 am to 3 pm.  

August 2015: Picture of the Month

Taken by Paul C. Swift, this image spans 6 degrees and captures the beautiful landscape that lies along the plane of the Milky Way and the center of the constellation Cygnus the Swan.

July 2015: Picture of the Month

With the recent Pluto flyby earlier on this month, come the extraordinary photos of Pluto and Charon (not to mention the countless amount of data collected).