Feb 18, 2019
Feature Guest: Katrin Heitmann
The Astronomy and Space Exploration Society, a student group based at the University of Toronto, hosted its annual signature symposium event on Friday, February 15th, 2019. This year’s theme was “Boom to Bust,”with three keynote speakers covering, in turn, the birth, life and...
Jan 21, 2019
Feature Guest: Ulf Danielsson
Our universe is big. But what if all of this was just one of an unimaginably large number of bubble universes. That’s the proposal by a group of scientists who recently introduced a new model for the universe which for the first time links string theory with dark energy and higher...
Jan 7, 2019
Feature Guest: Rayna Slobodian
As we dream of space, we must remain anchored to humanity. Space
exploration is a human story, and music may be the perfect medium
to capture the emotive drama of discovery, risk and the mystery of
the unknown. Today we’re joined here at The Star Spot by
singer-songwriter, space...
Dec 24, 2018
Feature Guest: Darren Grant
A one hundred year old astronomical mystery may finally have been solved. Scientists have long wondered just what caused high energy particles called cosmic rays, which arrive on Earth from the far unknown reaches of the universe. But now we have a discovery by the South Pole...
Nov 30, 2018
Featured Guest: Cameron Smith
One of the challenges in building a future where humans are able to explore other worlds are the massive, clumsy and expensive spacesuits currently in use. Now enter into the picture Pacific Spaceflight. They’re a grassroots team with a do-it-yourself attitude and they’re busy...