Date and Time: Saturday, December 10, 6:00 - 7:30 PM ET

What We Can't See in the Universe (And Why It Might be Fuzzy)

Presented by Dr. Luna Zagorac

RASC Toronto and the David Dunlap Observatory

Saturday, December 10, 6:00 - 7:30 PM ET, online

Join us, from the comfort of your home! This program will feature live-stream views from the DDO's 74-Inch telescope (Weather permitting). Explore breaking news from space and current research into what lies beyond our home planet! Each night, we’ll take a virtual tour of the DDO, hear from our speakers about their own amazing space research, and ask them all our questions about what they know and what they’re discovering. Only one registration per household is required. Deadline to register for this program is Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 4pm. Prior to the start of the program you will be emailed information on the virtual program links and any specific information relating to your program.

Most people look up at the night sky to admire its host of shiny, glittering objects; and yet, it’s really the stuff we don’t see that’s shaping our cosmos. Tune in to hear about how so-called dark matter is instrumental in building galaxies and why some scientists think it might be fuzzy.

Luna Zagorac is a newly-minted postdoctoral researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, ON. Luna received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2022, where her dissertation focused on computer simulations and observational signatures of ultralight (or fuzzy) dark matter. When not thinking about the things we can’t see in the Universe, Luna works on mapping Ancient Egyptian diagonal star tables to observational astronomical data. Apart from research she enjoys science communication and writing for astrobites.org, playing video games, and roller skating. 

Register here: https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/richmondhill/Activity_Search/virtual-astronomy-speakers-night/75644