7:00pm
An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space
with Bob McDonald
Hosted by CBC’s Laurence Wall
Monday
Oct , 2019
28
Every week on Quirks & Quarks, Bob McDonald presents the people behind the latest scientific discoveries, and examines the political, social, environmental, and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Over its lifetime, the program has won more than forty national and international awards for science journalism.
Beloved science commentator Bob McDonald takes us on a tour of our galaxy, unraveling the mysteries of the universe and helping us navigate our place among the stars. Laurence Wall hosts a conversation that promises answers to some profound questions: How big is our galaxy? Is there life on those distant planets? Are we really made of star dust? And where do stars even come from?
In An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space, we finally have the answers to all those questions and more. With clarity, wisdom, and a great deal of enthusiasm, McDonald explores the curiosities of the big blue planet we call home as well as our galactic neighbours—from Martian caves to storm clouds on Jupiter to the nebulae at the far end of the universe.
So if you’re pondering how to become an astronaut, or what dark matter really is, or how an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, look no further.
This event has been generously supported by Sherrill Owen and John Edwards through our Adopt an Author program.
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