Tune in to hear about how so-called dark matter is instrumental in building galaxies and why some scientists think it might be fuzzy.
Speaker Night - Dr. Matthew J.O Svensson / The Artemis Program and the 2023 Expedition to Kamestastin Lake, Labrador
The Search for Life on Mars: NASA's Perseverance Rover Mission The talk will provide an overview of the goals of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, progress thus far, […]
Solar Eclipse and the Mississauga Centre's Annual General Meeting
In this talk, I will explain the science behind the production of an aurora - from its origins at the Sun's surface to the light show in Earth's atmosphere - and in the process we will see how the evidence left behind by an aurora can be used to sleuth out its connection to ancient records.
How galaxies are shaped by Dr. Leo Yvonne Alcorn from the David A Dunlap Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UofT
Exploring our Family of Planets to Understand Processes Across the Cosmos
Talk Synopsis The OSIRIS-REx mission is a NASA-lead mission to a carbonaceous Near-Earth Asteroid Bennu and return the sample back to Earth in September 2023. An extended mission will take […]
Climate conditions on Mars
Talk Synopsis Halley's Comet has become so well known that it overshadows the English astronomer's other work -- but Edmond Halley (1656-1742) made important contributions to many branches of science. He […]
Speaker Night: Asteroids and Spacecraft Missions to Asteroids by Professor Arun K. Misra
Talk Synopsis Details to come...Bio:Perry is a life-long space enthusiast and avid supporter of manned and robotic space exploration. He has over 28 years of experience in the Canadian space […]
