“So You Want to Go to Mars?” with Dr. John B. Charles Date & Location: 7:00 PM-9:00 PM Mar. 23, McLennan Physical Laboratories (MP), Room 102, 60 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 1A7 For everyone who was disappointed by our cancelled symposium, Dr. John B. Charles (one of the original symposium speakers) has agreed…
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Colourful star trails arc through the night in this wide-angle mountain and skyscape.
From a rotating planet, the digitally added consecutive exposures were made with a camera fixed to a tripod and looking south, over northern Iran’s Alborz Mountain range.
“Is Anybody Out There?” – A panel discussion on the search for extraterrestrial life’ Date & Location: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Mar. 7, Sidney Smith Hall (SS), Room 2102, 100 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 Abstract: Come ask our diverse panel of five PhD students any of your burning questions about the current (and…
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“Exploring Space… from Earth” with Dr. Marianne Mader Abstract: Learn how planetary scientists explore other planets here on Earth, through comparative planetology and meteoritics, and how we are preparing for future space missions by conducting terrestrial analogue missions. Dr. Mader will share stories from the field, including her work in the Arctic and Antarctica. Step…
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Last week, a car orbited the Earth. The car, created by humans and robots on the Earth, was launched by the SpaceX Company to demonstrate the ability of its Falcon Heavy Rocket to place spacecraft out in the Solar System.
Purposely fashioned to be whimsical, the iconic car was thought a better demonstration object than concrete blocks
