Allan I. Carswell Observatory
405 Petrie Science Building 4700 Keele St M3J 1P3 Toronto, ON, Canada

TONIGHT! The hidden mysteries of our Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy... Join us at our YouTube channel for an amazing talk and learn more about this topic, what are the theories about it as well as the latest experiments humanity has done in order to understand it and properly define what it is and what it is made up of. 7:30pm EDT live from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live [Image Credit: Shutterstock]

Monday! Join us for our weekly Online Public Viewing! Want to know more about Astronomy? Chat with us and hear about what's going on in space at the moment and learn a little bit more about your Universe? Well then you can join us on Zoom at 9PM and ask us questions at:... https://yorku.zoom.us/j/8569479901 [Image Credit: NASA]

Hello everyone! As of next week, our observatory is implementing new formats for online outreach. Online public viewing will now be hosted on Zoom on Monday nights from 9-10 pm, and public viewing will be held as a live YouTube stream and Q&A session on Wednesday nights from 7:30-8:30 pm (Eastern time). YorkUniverse will be running as usual on Monday nights from 9-10 pm on astronomy.fm. The links for the online public viewing and Wednesday night public viewings will be availa...ble at https://observatory.info.yorku.ca/ . Join us on Monday May 25th for our inaugural Zoom OPV and on Wednesday May 27th for our inaugural YouTube PV! Visit us on Twitter and Instagram at @yorkobservatory ! --- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all in-person outreach activities have been suspended until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and we will update our website and Social Media accounts as appropriate.

It's Friday and you know what that means! FUN FACT! Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that is less dense than water. It could actually float in a bathtub if anybody could build a bathtub big enough. ... [Credit: NASA]

TONIGHT! Want to know more about Halloween? Join us at our YouTube channel for an amazing talk about this topic and learn more about how it relates to astronomy, some interesting spooky space stories as well as observing the night sky if the weather allows!... 7:30pm live from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live [Image Credit: NASA]

Tonight! Join us for our weekly Online Public Viewing! Want to know more about Astronomy? Chat with us and hear about what's going on in space at the moment and learn a little bit more about your Universe? Well then you can join us on Zoom at 9PM and ask us questions at:... https://yorku.zoom.us/j/8569479901

Despite this Wednesday night’s YouTube outage, we expect our Teletube broadcasts to be running back to normal next week!Despite this Wednesday night’s YouTube outage, we expect our Teletube broadcasts to be running back to normal next week!

Have you ever heard about phantom galaxies, ghost of stars and other spooky astronomical tales? If not then make sure to join us this Wednesday October 28th because something will be happening on our weekly teletube! More info coming Soon...

TONIGHT! Where is that noise coming from? COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND... Join us at our YouTube channel for an amazing talk and learn more about the Big Bang, the Cosmic Microwave Background and all there is to know about this radiation. What is it? Where does it come from? Why is it important? ONLY AT: 7:30pm EDT live from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live [Image Credit: NOAA]

FUN FACT FRIDAY!! The largest canyon system in the solar system is Valles Marineris on Mars. It’s more than 4,000 kilometer long! It is nine times as long and four times as deep as Earth’s Grand Canyon!... [Image Credit: NASA]

Happy Monday! Join us for our weekly Online Public Viewing! Want to know more about Astronomy? Chat with us and hear about what's going on in space at the moment and learn a little bit more about your Universe? Well then you can join us on Zoom at 9PM and ask us questions at:... https://yorku.zoom.us/j/8569479901 [Image Credit: NASA]

TONIGHT ONLY! & Join us at our YouTube channel for an amazing talk with CBC's Senior Science Reporter Nicole Mortillaro about this topic and learn more about recent discoveries, exoplanets, black holes, potential life on Venus and much more! ... 7:30pm EDT live from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live [Image Credit: NASA]

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Coming Back Tonight! Join us for our weekly Online Public Viewing! Want to know more about Astronomy? Chat with us and hear about what's going on in space at the moment and learn a little bit more about your Universe? Well then you can join us on Zoom at 9PM and ask us questions at:... https://yorku.zoom.us/j/8569479901

TONIGHT ONLY! Want to know more about Mars Opposition? Join us at our YouTube channel for an amazing talk about this topic and learn more about this astronimical event, what it means and when it will occur again. ... 7:30pm live from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live [Image Credit: NASA]

Coming back tonight! Tune in and join us while we observe and discuss the most important astronomical events in this month and take a look at the red planet with our 1m telescope. Weather's looking good so we hope to have some great images from Mars and we hope you enjoy it with us! 8:00PM EDT... Only at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/user [Image Credit: NASA/JPL]

It's confirmed! Tune in tonight and join us while we observe and discuss the most important astronomical events in this month and take a look at the red planet with our 1m telescope. Weather's looking good so we hope to have some great images from Mars and we hope you enjoy it with us! 8:00PM EDT... Only at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/user [Image Credit: NASA]

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TONIGHT ONLY! : Join us at our YouTube channel for an amazing talk with . about this topic and learn more about this strange object and why its presence in our Solar System was so interesting for the scientific community. ... 7:30pm live from the Allan I. Carswell Observatory at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/live [Image Credit: NASA]

Due to the cloudy weather and a chance of storm at the observatory, our Mars event for tonight will be cancelled. Tune in tomorrow for our weekly teletube at 7:30pm, where we could finally have a chance to see Mars through the 1m telescope if the weather allows!

! Tune in to join us while we observe and discuss the most important astronomical events in this month and take a look at the red planet with our 1m telescope if the weather allows. 8:00PM EDT... Only at: https://www.youtube.com/user/YorkUObservatory/user [Image Credit: NASA]