STAR Symposium

We’ll be doing this on Saturday!!

The egg drop competition has been switched from 2pm to 1pm! So keep this in mind if you want to test your skills!

Dr. John E. Moores

Photo Credit: Michelle Parsons

After surviving a department-store telescope, John’s first formal introduction to the world of astronomy was at the hands of the St. John’s Chapter of the RASC in 1997/1998. Following this, he set off to Toronto to learn how to build spacecraft, obtaining a B.A.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2003. In the process he discovered that his real passion lay in exploring the science of other worlds which led him to join the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, AZ. It was there that he achieved a PhD in planetary science in 2008. While at LPL, John participated in several space missions including the Huygens probe to Titan, and was a strategic science planner with the Phoenix Mission to the Martian arctic. Currently, John studies Martian weather at York University and has recently started  an NSERC PDF in Astrobiology at the University of Western Ontario.

The official date of the Star Symposium has been decided as March 18th and 19th 2011. Remember talks will take place on Friday the 18th, and a fun, interactive day of science will be all day on Saturday the 19th. Hope to see you all there! #fb

Check out @yorkobservatory for tonights @astronomyfm broadcast!We’ll be talking all about STAR and other Astronomy News. #fb

What is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way? Email/Tweet/FB to answer! #fb

Bad weather up here in #Toronto, Canada. Sadly this puts a halt to the #astronomical research done at #YorkU today!

#Cern has bottled anti-hydrogen. Scott Menary from #YorkU is part of the team! Go #Science!

We have our first speaker booked! Huzzah! Stay tuned to the website (www.starsymposium.ca) for details!!

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