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2014 Dunlap Prize Lecture with Neil deGrasse Tyson

The March 21st Dunlap Prize Lecture with the one and only Neil deGrasse Tyson is coming up soon. Tickets are free but registration is required. Tickets are not yet available, however you can sign up for announcements on the website here. From the Dunlap Institute: “Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson will deliver a free public lecture…
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ASX 11th Annual Symposium “Into the Cosmos”

Location and Time:JJR MacLeod Auditorium (MS 2158), 1 King’s College Circle from 7-10 pm the night of Friday, January 24, 2014. Tickets available at Eventbrite. This is the 11th annual symposium organized by ASX. This event aims to educate the public on some aspects of cosmology, and encourage students and the public to get informed…
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Star Talk Recordings

For your convenience, the recordings from each star talk will be placed here. Enjoy! Ralf Gellert: Exploring Mars Sabine Stanley: Planetary Magnetism Chris Matzner: Deaths of Stars

Third Installment of the Star Talk Series: Exploring Mars with Rovers

ASX will be holding our third Star Talk on November 21 at 8pm. The speaker is Dr. Ralf Gellert, Principle Investigator of the Canadian Alpha-Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph. The talk will be given in McLennan Physical Labs (60 St George Street). The…
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The Spectacular Deaths of Stars

The Spectacular Deaths of Stars ASX held our first Star Talk on September 26 at 8pm. The speaker was Dr. Chris Matzner, a University of Toronto associate professor. The talk was given in the Lash Miller building (80 St George Street) right next to McLennan Physical Labs. Chris Matzner writes, “Although stars appear fixed in…
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