Ziliang Ye
UBC
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
Sergey Frolov
University of Pittsburgh
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
Kin Fai Mak
Cornell University
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
David Hawthorn
University of Waterloo
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
11:00 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
Eslam Khalaf
Harvard University
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
Arun Paramekanti
University of Toronto
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
Sung-Sik Lee
McMaster University & Perimeter Institute
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
10:30 a.m.
In-person: QNC 1101
On April 8, Southern Ontario will witness a total solar eclipse for the first time in nearly 100 years, as the Moon blocks out the light of the Sun for several minutes. Total eclipses are an amazing spectacle but have also played a key role throughout history in our understanding of science. At this month's KPL astronomy talk, Dr. Roan Haggar will speak about the upcoming solar eclipse, and what eclipses have taught us about the Sun, our Solar System, and the Universe.
At this month's KPL astronomy talk, Cam Morgan will speak about the CASTOR mission, an ultra-violet telescope that promises to compliment other cutting-edge missions, such as Euclid and the Roman Space Telescope, throughout the 2030s.
Dark energy is a strange and enigmatic form of energy, causing our Universe to grow and expand at an increasingly fast rate. While the exact nature of this energy remains a total mystery, new astronomical instruments are shedding light on dark energy like never before. Join us at this month's KPL astronomy talk, when Dr. Enrique Paillas will speak about the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), and what its newest results tell us about the dark Universe.