(Originally published in Filling Space) One important way to participate in humanity’s engagement with space is via space science communication. Directly advancing the frontiers of human knowledge as a scientist is important, but new knowledge has a greater impact on society if it is communicated outside specialist circles. Space science communication moreover needs to be…
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Do you have a passion for all things space? Are you looking to expand your leadership and extracurricular experiences? The Astronomy and Space Exploration Society at U of T is currently recruiting new executive team members for the upcoming year!Available positions and descriptions can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l3Obvs47FBbcIQYZmvsx5pu-tuUOSKFhDMJVltI6IbU/edit To apply, please fill out this form:…
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Ian McLennan narrates his decades-long experience with planetarium development across the country By Adam A. Lam, Astronomy and Space Exploration Society TORONTO, Ontario — Toronto shuttered its last major planetarium in 1995. From the view of Ian McLennan, a consultant who has seen the rise of planetarium construction across Canada since the 1960s, there is…
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Archaeoastronomy can be defined as “the study of how people in the past have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they have used these phenomena, and what role the sky played in their cultures”. University of Leicester archaeoastronomer Clive Ruggles has described it as “a field with academic work of high quality at one…
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University of Toronto student newspaper The Varsity recently published an article about our Star Talk with York University astronomer Paul Delany. Check it out at the link below: https://thevarsity.ca/2021/01/31/the-possibility-and-importance-of-finding-water-on-other-planets/
