astrophysics /science/taxonomy/term/2766/all en Family Science Day - From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair /science/channels/event/family-science-day-planets-particles-exploration-mini-fair-359464 <p>Are you interested in the mysteries of our planet and beyond? ۲ݮƵ Physics Outreach and TSI Outreach present “From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair”.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:18:55 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 989145 at /science CANCELLED: 24 Hours of Science at ۲ݮƵ /science/channels/event/cancelled-24-hours-science-mcgill-356526 <p><strong>***This event has been cancelled (at the ۲ݮƵ downtown campus).</strong></p> Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:09:37 +0000 megan.phillips@mcgill.ca 987737 at /science McPherson Lecture: Opening A Neutrino Window On The Universe From The South Pole /science/channels/event/mcpherson-lecture-opening-neutrino-window-universe-south-pole-356185 <p>The Anna McPherson lecture is ۲ݮƵ's prize lecture series in physics, bringing a distinguished physicist to our department each year. This year we are delighted to welcome Francis Halzen from University of Wisconsin–Madison!</p> <p> </p> Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:22:30 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 987095 at /science TSI Public Talk: Eclipse, what are they and what are they good for? /science/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-eclipse-what-are-they-and-what-are-they-good-355990 <p>Join us on March 14th, 2024 at 7pm to dive into the world of eclipses with TSI professor Nic Cowan!<br /> <br /></p> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:43:16 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 986713 at /science TSI Public Talk: Harnessing the Power of Interstellar Plasma Lenses /science/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-harnessing-power-interstellar-plasma-lenses-352532 <p>Join us Thursday, November 16th to learn about how TSI astronomer Dr. Robert Main uses plasma in our galaxy as a telescope!</p> Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:42:34 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 968984 at /science TSI Public Talk: Eclipse Enigma /science/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-eclipse-enigma-351329 <p>Join us for a panel discussion with astronomers from across Quebec to learn more about the two upcoming eclipses and how you can view them!</p> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:17:09 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 962213 at /science TSI Public Talk: Mapping The Cosmos /science/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-mapping-cosmos-350388 <p>Join us on Thursday September 14th at 7pm in Otto Maass room 112 for the Trottier Space Institute Public Lecture. Prof. Adrian Liu will tell us about his efforts to map the cosmos and what exactly we can learn from making maps of our Universe.</p> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:39:10 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 957145 at /science Family Science Activities: 24 Hours of Science 2023 /science/channels/event/family-science-activities-24-hours-science-2023-347562 <p>Join Science Outreach, the Chemistry Outreach Group, Physics Matters, Astro۲ݮƵ, BrainReach, the Gault Nature Reserve, STEMM Diversity at ۲ݮƵ and Earth and Planetary Sciences for fun family science activities during <a href="https://science24</body></html>"></a></p> Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:55:34 +0000 jacqueline.farrell@mcgill.ca 945039 at /science AstroNight: Seeing the universe with light, gravity, and paricles! /science/channels/event/astronight-seeing-universe-light-gravity-and-paricles-347640 <p>This month, graduate students Soud Al Kharusi and Nick Vieira will be talking about Multi-Messenger Astrophysics!</p> Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:27:49 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 945075 at /science AstroNight: Seeing the universe with light, gravity, and paricles! /science/channels/event/astronight-seeing-universe-light-gravity-and-paricles-347639 <p>This month, graduate students Soud Al Kharusi and Nick Vieira will be talking about Multi-Messenger Astrophysics!</p> Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:27:18 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 945074 at /science AstroNight: Did the Big Bang really happen? /science/channels/event/astronight-did-big-bang-really-happen-346510 <p>Where did we come from? How did the universe begin? Did the Big Bang really happen as an explosion creating spacetime itself and everything in it?</p> Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:32:41 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 942196 at /science Une sombre histoire de l'univers /science/channels/event/une-sombre-histoire-de-lunivers-346201 <p>**Please note that this talk will be in French.</p> <p>What was the universe like at the time of the big bang? How did the universe evolve to form large galaxies and clusters, separated by vast cosmic voids?</p> Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:32:02 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 939151 at /science Public Astro Night - Unveiling the Universe with the Webb Telescope /science/channels/event/public-astro-night-unveiling-universe-webb-telescope-343743 <p><strong>Join us on Nov. 30, at 7:00 pm for Public Astro Night featuring Dr.</strong></p> Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:45:59 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 901860 at /science AstroNight: What is Dark Matter? /science/channels/event/astronight-what-dark-matter-342720 <p><strong>What is dark matter? What is it made of? Is there a way we can observe this mysterious matter?</strong></p> Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:12:22 +0000 hannah.fronenberg@mail.mcgill.ca 889481 at /science Our Expanding Universe: Public talk by Nobel Laureate Prof. James Peebles /science/channels/event/our-expanding-universe-public-talk-nobel-laureate-prof-james-peebles-341460 <p>Anna McPherson Public Lecture 2022<br /> A prize public talk by Prof. James Peebles (Nobel Laureate in Physics 2019), from Princeton University.</p> <p>Doors open at 7pm ET, talk starts at <strong>7:30pm ET</strong>.</p> Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:21:28 +0000 nicole.ford@mail.mcgill.ca 848198 at /science