ASX Star Talk: The World Records of the Universe

We all love it when a world record is broken. But the records set here on Earth are puny and pathetic compared to those set elsewhere in our vast cosmos. What’s the coldest place in space? What’s the fastest object in the Universe? What’s the biggest object we’ve ever seen in space, and the smallest? How weak and how strong does gravity get? Join astronomer Bryan Gaensler for a tour of the extremes of our amazing Universe.

Professor Bryan Gaensler is the Director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, and is the Canadian Science Director for the Square Kilometre Array. He received his PhD from The University of Sydney in 1998, and subsequently held positions at MIT, the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University and the University of Sydney, before taking up his current position at UofT in January 2015.

Gaensler has authored over 270 refereed papers on cosmic magnetism, neutron stars, supernovae and the interstellar medium. He was the 1999 Young Australian of the Year, was awarded Australia’s 2011 Pawsey Medal for outstanding research in physics, and in 2013 was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He tweets as @SciBry on science, politics, science-fiction and rugby league.

Lecture: 8:10 - 9:00 PM
Telescope observing: 9:00 – 10:00 PM on the 14th floor of McLennan Physical Laboratories (weather permitting)

Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: Free
Registration: Not required
Organized by: Astronomy & Space Exploration Society
Location: University of Toronto, McLennan Physical Laboratories, Room 134, 60 St George St., Toronto, ON  M5S 1A7

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