Join us with Dr. Renée Hložek at 6:00pm on Wednesday, September 4th for our first Star Talk of the academic year!✨ 📍AB107 (Cody hall) – 50 St. George Street Talk Topic: ✧ Could dark matter be axions? How might we know and why does it matter? ✧ Speaker Bio: Dr. Hložek is an Associate Professor at…
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How stars can help us find dark matter Astronomers hunt for dark matter through ribbon-like remnants of dead galaxies By Sultan Nessa — Published January 7, 2024 On the morning of November 24, Assistant Professor Ting Li at U of T’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics was awarded the 2023 Dorothy Shoichet Women Faculty in Science Award of Excellence.…
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How to Build a Planet: Assembling Planets in Stellar Sandboxes🪐Join us with Dr. Yayaati Chachan at 6:00pm on Wednesday, 1st March for our next Star Talk!✨ 📍AB107 (Cody hall) – 50 St. George Street Talk Abstract: Nearly every star has a planet orbiting around it. The formation of planets is therefore a robust outcome of…
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~ The Accelerating Expanding Universe ~Join us for our next Star Talk with Dr. Bharat Ratra on Wednesday, 1st February 2023 at 6:00pm. Admission is free. The talk will be followed by night sky observation with AU right after! 📍LOCATION: AB107 (Cody hall) – 50 St. George St. Abstract: Dark energy is the leading candidate…
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The ASX is back with the next Star Talk!! ✨✨Come join for an exciting opportunity to Probe the First Billion Years of the Universe with Mighty Quasars with Dr. Huanqing Chen on Wednesday, January 25th at 6:00 pm. Entrance is free of cost. Location of talk: McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room 134 (60 St. George St.)…
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