At Astronomy on Tap this month, WCA researchers Ana Ennis and Cam Morgan will speak about the most powerful telescopes from the past, present, and the future!
Join us at Astronomy on Tap to hear about the remnants of dying stars -- white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes -- from WCA researchers Michael Gammon and Shokoufe Faraji!
Join us at Astronomy on Tap to hear about our cosmic neighbourhood, from the Milky Way through the Local Group of galaxies, from WCA researchers Ana Ennis and Cam Morgan!
Join us at Astronomy on Tap to hear about baryon acoustic oscillations, dark energy, and the new results coming from the DESI collaboration, from WCA researchers James Morawetz and Sofia Chiarenza!
Join usat Astronomy on Tap as researchers Marie-Joëlle Gingras (University of Waterloo) explores how these cosmic titans influence the Milky Way. Then, Kiana Salehi (Perimeter Institute) will dive into a weird mystery of black holes and tackle a burning question: do black holes have hair? (No, not the kind you’re thinking of — but don’t worry if you have no idea what that means. Come find out!)
Sit back, relax, and learn about the Universe, while also having a couple of drinks and a bit of fun. This month we will learn about worm holes and black holes with María Rosa Preciado Rivas and Conner Dailey!
Astronomy on Tap 9 October 2024.
Sit back, relax, and learn about the Universe, while also having a couple of drinks and a bit of fun. This month we will learn about dark energy with Tristan Fraser and Batia Friedman-Shaw!
This month we'll hear from two guest speakers: Ana Ennis, from the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, will speak about the death of stars like our Sun, and how these produce the stuff that we are made from! Perimeter Institute researcher Luciano Combi will then share how we can observe and model the deaths of stars, to understand the origin of heavy elements like gold.
This month we'll hear from two University of Waterloo astronomers, researching the evolution of galaxies. Cam Morgan will speak about how the cosmic neighbourhood of galaxies impacts their life cycles, and Cam Lawlor-Forsyth will share how astronomers are using super-computers to learn more about galaxies than ever before.
This month we'll hear from two astronomers from the University of Waterloo about the impact of eclipses on science, culture and history. Kat Frazer will share the role total eclipses played in proving Einstein's theory of general relativity, and Liza Sazonova will explore how eclipses have been viewed as dark omens throughout history.