physics /channels/taxonomy/term/10717/all en CANCELLED From Planets to Particles: An Exploration Mini-Fair (24 Hours of Science at 平特五不中) /channels/channels/event/cancelled-planets-particles-exploration-mini-fair-24-hours-science-mcgill-356883 <p>**This event has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.**</p> Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:21:04 +0000 webfull 199555 at /channels McPherson Lecture: Opening A Neutrino Window On The Universe From The South Pole /channels/channels/event/mcpherson-lecture-opening-neutrino-window-universe-south-pole-356185 <p>The Anna McPherson lecture is 平特五不中'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鈥揗adison!</p> <p>聽</p> Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:22:30 +0000 webfull 198660 at /channels TSI Public Talk: Eclipse, what are they and what are they good for? /channels/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 webfull 198439 at /channels TSI Trivia Night: Eclipse Edition /channels/channels/event/tsi-trivia-night-eclipse-edition-355333 <p>Calling all 平特五不中ians!</p> Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:30:43 +0000 webfull 197663 at /channels TSI Public Talk: The Mystery and History of Fast Radio Bursts /channels/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-mystery-and-history-fast-radio-bursts-354551 <p>Join us on February 7th, 2024 to learn about the cosmic mystery and history of fast radio bursts from one of the scientists who discovered them!</p> Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:27:46 +0000 webfull 196766 at /channels TSI Public Talk: The Physics Behind the Nobel Prize /channels/channels/event/tsi-public-talk-physics-behind-nobel-prize-353171 <p>This year, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L鈥橦uillier "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter".</p> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:10:22 +0000 webfull 195261 at /channels TSI Public Talk: Harnessing the Power of Interstellar Plasma Lenses /channels/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 14:42:35 +0000 webfull 194542 at /channels TSI Public Talk: Eclipse Enigma /channels/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 17:17:10 +0000 webfull 193168 at /channels Science Literacy Week - Life Finds A Way /channels/channels/event/science-literacy-week-life-finds-way-350925 <p>Discover the hidden power of extremophiles, nature's tough survivors! Join us for an afternoon of hands-on activities about these extraordinary lifeforms and what they can teach us about energy production!</p> Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:32:46 +0000 webfull 192680 at /channels TSI Public Talk: Mapping The Cosmos /channels/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 15:39:11 +0000 webfull 191714 at /channels AstroNight: Seeing the universe with light, gravity, and paricles! /channels/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 15:27:50 +0000 webfull 188841 at /channels AstroNight: Seeing the universe with light, gravity, and paricles! /channels/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 webfull 188840 at /channels AstroNight: Did the Big Bang really happen? /channels/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 webfull 187720 at /channels Une sombre histoire de l'univers /channels/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 webfull 187371 at /channels AstroNight: Life In Our Universe /channels/channels/event/astronight-life-our-universe-345124 <p>Are we alone in the universe? Where might we find life and what will it look like?</p> Thu, 19 Jan 2023 17:33:32 +0000 webfull 186188 at /channels