Prof. Matthew Bailes Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Computer games cards have driven a societal revolution in which ultra-high speed entertainment requires Teraflop performance. But it was only a decade ago that the most powerful supercomputer in the world, known as the Earth Simulator,…

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Humans often don’t realize that they can sense more than visible light. But we feel an invisible form of light as heat, and we call it infrared radiation. Over the past few decades, there has been an explosion of technological innovation in the detection of…

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Join us for a night under the stars at the Gerrard Ashdale library, organized by Toronto Public Libraries. The Dunlap’s Prof. Michael Reid will begin with a short talk about how to find your way around the winter sky and then, if it’s clear, we’ll…

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Have a thirst for a different kind of astronomy event? Then join us on Wednesday, November 12th, for the second Astronomy on Tap TO. It’ll be another fun night of astronomy talks and conversation over your favourite pint or cocktail. You’ll hear short talks presented…

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How common is life in the Universe? Is there intelligent life beyond our planet? These are some of the most profound questions humans have ever posed. And for over 50 years, astronomers have been attempting to answer them by conducting the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence…

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The Big Bang theory is one of the crowning achievements of modern science. The basic premise–that the Universe began expanding about 14 billion years ago from a very hot, dense state–has been independently verified many times over. And yet there is widespread confusion and uncertainty about what the theory…

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For thousands of years, people have wondered whether, in the vastness of the Cosmos, life exists anywhere other than on Earth. With the recent discoveries of hundreds of potentially habitable planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, we are tantalizingly close to answering this question….

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The Big Bang Theory is one of the crowning achievements of modern science. The basic premise–that the universe began expanding about 14 billion years ago from a very hot, dense state–has been independently verified many times over. And yet there is widespread confusion and uncertainty…

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Have a thirst for a different kind of astronomy event? Then join us on Wednesday, September 24th, for the first ever Astronomy on Tap TO—a brand new event for anyone interested in learning about astronomy over a pint or cocktail. You’ll hear short talks presented…

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The existence of other worlds like our own has fired the imagination of humankind for centuries. Join us as Dr. Duy Cuong Nguyen describes the exciting discovery of hundreds of exoplanets–planets beyond our Solar System–and talks about the search for another life-bearing planet like Earth….

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