Come visit the planetarium located at 50 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Earth, the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy, Virgo Supercluster, the Universe. We will explore Earth’s place in the Universe, starting with our view of the night sky from here in Toronto…

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For thousands of years, people have wondered whether life exists anywhere other than on Earth. With recent discoveries of hundreds of potentially habitable planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, we are tantalizingly close to answering this question. In this presentation, the Dunlap Institute’s Michael…

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What are black holes? How did astronomers discover one with over 4 million times the mass the Sun at the centre our galaxy? Dunlap astronomer Tuan Do will answer these questions and explain how the super-massive black hole at the centre of our galaxy is…

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Have you ever wondered where stars came from? What are stars, exactly, and how are they made? In this talk at the David Dunlap Observatory in Richmond Hill, Dunlap Lecturer and Public Outreach Co-ordinator Micheal Reid tells the story of how stars are born, live…

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In September 2013, the University of Toronto is launching a major new event on Toronto’s cultural scene. The Toronto Science Festival will be a weekend-long, public celebration of science, spotlighting researchers from the university, and from around Canada and the U.S. The festival will include…

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