Join us with Dr. Juan Mena Parra at 6:00pm on Friday, November 15th for our next Star Talk!✨ 📍BA1220 (Bahen Centre) – 40 St. George Street Talk Topic: ✧ Star Talk: CHIME – A digital radio telescope for mapping the Universe ✧ Abstract: In this talk, I will describe how recent technological and scientific advances not only changed the way…
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Join us with Dr. Reed Essick at 6:00pm on Wednesday, October 23rd for our next Star Talk!✨ 📍SS2108 (Sidney Smith) – 100 St. George Street Talk Topic: ✧ What Are Neutron Stars? What Do They Tell Us? ✧ Abstract: Neutron stars are extreme astrophysical laboratories perfectly suited to study fundamental physical interactions. In particular, they provide unique…
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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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