Prof. Geoffrey Hinton is coming to Kingston! Join us on Thursday, Jan 29th, for the 2026 Ewan Lecture at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Tickets are free, but are limited! Register now! https://mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/hinton/

Applications are now open for CAPSS 2026! The Canadian Astroparticle Physics Summer School is a unique opportunity for undergraduate physics students to visit SNOLAB and learn from researchers at Queen's University. Visit https://mcdonaldinstitute.ca/capss/ for more information.

Curious about the demographics of physicists in Canada? Us too! Read our newest publication in @cdnsciencepub.com @facetsjournal.bsky.social 📏⚛️🌈How is your organization supporting the increasingly diverse group of future physicists? #equityinphysics #womeninstem 👇

Thanks to everyone who came out to Astronomy on Tap Kingston on Tuesday! Nic, Nick, and Nik enjoyed talking about their scientific and engineering endeavours. See you all at the next one in February!

Tomorrow, Nov 25 at 6:30 PM at The Mansion, Astronomy on Tap Kingston edition featuring Nik Arora to talk to you about WHY WE EXIST AT ALL!? Along with Nick Swidinsky and Nic Moss of Queen's University for this fun-filled evening of physics, engineering and science trivia!!

Upgrade Update #4 Last week, IceCubers moved the drill tower and operations structures into place! The location is over hole 87, which will be the first Upgrade hole. Read more➡️https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/icecube-gen2/2025/11/upgrade-update-4/ 📸: Delia Tosi, IceCube/NSF

Next Tuesday, Nov 25, It's NICKVEMBER with Nik Arora, Nick Swidinsky, and Nic Moss as your speakers for Astronomy on Tap. Three different perspectives on the science and engineering around the theoretical phenomenon of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and the SNO+ experiment!

Next Thursday, Nov 20, at 1:30 PM ET, Zachary Picker (Queen's) will give a McDonald Institute Seminar on a theory of dark matter as large objects like quark nuggets, Fermi balls, or primordial black holes, how they could be formed, and how we might go about detecting them.

📍Five planes arrived at the South Pole Station—many of the new arrivals were IceCubers! Our two new winterovers, Camille and Alicia, were welcomed out on the ice by outgoing winterovers, Joe and Ilya. Read more about week 44 ➡️ tinyurl.com/IceCubeWeek44 📸: Jennifer Wang, IceCube/NSF

🛡️⚔️ Four knights of #darkmatter from Queen’s team joined McDonald Institute for #DarkMatterDay on the 8 Nov, hosting a booth on #DEAP3600 & future liquid argon detectors 🔦✨ Our contribution to a global outreach initiative. @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social @queensuresearch.bsky.social

The Deadline for the HQP Excellence Awards is Nov 15th! Check out the award categories and apply now to be considered! Full details at McDonaldInstitute.ca/news/hexawards

In this episode of the #EDIICatalyst, Dr. Alexandra Pedersen (@mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social) and Heidi Penning join us to discuss the creation of inclusive and accessible research environments. ➡️ Listen now: bit.ly/47N5BSd #ChemSky

This Saturday, dark matter theorist Joe Bramante gives you the #DarkMatterDay you've been searching for! Discover how the very early universe could have created gigantic dark matter detectors! Followed by a dark matter science fair and tour of the Queen's Observatory! Info at McDonaldinstitute.ca

Next Saturday, Nov 8th, Join Dr. Joe Bramante for Dark Matter Day! Learn about how supernovae can be used to detect dark matter! A science fair will be set up in Stirling Hall, and a tour of the Queen's Observatory! Free for all ages. More info at mcdonaldinstitute.ca

Adriana Bariego, a new member of the Queen's University Astroparticle Physics Theory group, is giving the McDonald Institute HQP Seminar tomorrow, Wednesday, 29th at 3:00 PM ET. Watch live on our YouTube, or visit our webpage for a link to join the Zoom.

This Wednesday afternoon, Oct 29th at 3:00 PM ET. Adriana Bariego will give the monthly McDonald Institute HQP Seminar, live on YouTube and Zoom. Check mcdonaldinstitute.ca for details.

Last week @queensuresearch.bsky.social celebrated the 10 year anniversary of Dr. Arthur B. McDonald's Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. This event also marked a funding announcement for the @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social. www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...

Proud to share that a story on #darkmatter and the DEAP-3600 experiment has just been published in Belliner magazine 📰✨ A great opportunity to bring cutting-edge astrophysics closer to the public! Practise your Italian😉👉 shorturl.at/mGcDh #outreach

Today, Dr. Art McDonald joined students and leaders from Queen's University and NSERC to reflect on the legacy of the SNO experiment on the 10th anniversary of receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics with Dr. Takaaki Kajita for the discovery of neutrino oscillation. Read more at bit.ly/3W8GHHt

It was hosted in partnership with @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social and @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social and with support from the Canadian Institute of Nuclear Physics and the City of Greater Sudbury. Thank you to all that made this workshop a success! 📸 – Photos by Roam & Ramble Photography 🧵 [2/2]

Tomorrow night! Learn how physicists use the ice at the South Pole to detect neutrinos, and take a tour of the Queen's Observatory, the McDonald Institute Visitor's Centre, and the @c2mci.bsky.social research labs! https://mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/science-literacy-week-2025-from-sea-to-space/

TONIGHT! Starting at 6:30 PM AT, Astronomy on Tap: Fredericton is live at Picaroon Brewing Company! Join the fun, learn the science, and win the prizes with our world-class astroparticle physics speakers and host! Details at mcdonaldinstitute.ca

This Thursday, Oct 9th, come to Astronomy on Tap: Fredericton! Enjoy an evening of science with experts in astroparticle physics from across the country! Hear about the incredible science happening in Canada and test your skills in science trivia, all in good company at Picaroon!

There are a couple of spots left in this free science workshop for high school kids! On Oct 11 from 1-5 PM, they'll learn about physics in ice and how carbon coatings are tested in the ocean! Register now: https://www.carbon-2-metal-institute.queensu.ca/event-details/high-school-student-workshop

This free science workshop for high school kids is filling up! On Oct 11 from 1-5 PM, they'll learn about physics in ice and how carbon coatings are tested in the ocean! Register now: https://www.carbon-2-metal-institute.queensu.ca/event-details/high-school-student-workshop

On Oct 11 from 1-5 PM, high school-aged students are invited to a workshop to learn about physics in ice and how carbon coatings are tested in the ocean with hands-on experiments and exciting demonstrations! https://www.carbon-2-metal-institute.queensu.ca/event-details/high-school-student-workshop

Science Literacy Week is just around the corner: Oct 6-12! Join us on Saturday, Oct 11, to hear Prof. Nahee Park (@queensuresearch.bsky.social) talk about astroparticle physics in Antarctica! ❄️ and get a tour of the Queen's Observatory, the McDonald Institute and the @c2mci.bsky.social research labs

🌍 Science Literacy Week Canada October 6-12 is Coming! ✨ 📩Book now to secure your date: [email protected] #JuniorEinsteins #Markham #ptbo #ptbocanada #Ajaxontario #whitbyontario #oshawaontario #courticeontario #portperryontario #bowmanville #brooklinontario #pickeringontario

We're on the move again! @astronomyontap is coming to #fredericton with our hosts at UNB! Join astroparticle physicists Christine Kraus of @snolabscience.bsky.social , William Woodley from @ualberta.bsky.social, and our own Scientific Director, Tony Noble, on Thursday, October 9th at 6:30 PM! 🚀

Tomorrow! Lauren Wright Vartanian, textile-based artist and author/illustrator of Stitching Science, will be at the County Arts Lab in Picton, where she will be talking about her art practice and the amazing textile illustrations in her book.

SNOLAB is hosting the 24th International Workshop on Next Generation Nucleon Decay and Neutrino Detectors (NNN25) in partnership with the @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social and McGill University and with support from the Canadian Institute of Nuclear Physics and the City of Greater Sudbury. 🧵 [1/2]

My book is absolutely great. My book is absolutely great. This is my mantra as I read it for the nth time while doing copyedit corrections. Please you guys preorder this book because I have suffered to deliver it to you lolsob (actually it really is great I’m just tired, please preorder)

We're excited to present an artist talk with Lauren Wright Vartanian, @neuronsandnebulas.bsky.social, next Saturday, September 13th, from 6-8 PM at the County Arts Lab in Picton! mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/stitc...

Tickets for @astrokatie.com's free public lecture on "How the Universe Ends" are now live! Join Mack at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) on Tuesday, September 16th at 7 PM. Get tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-the-un...

That's a wrap on CASST 2025, hosted by @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social and SNOLAB! This year's competition welcomed 31 talks across 2 days, as well as a selection of workshops and panels. Congratulations to the 2025 CASST winners and all participants on their hard work in this competition!

Canada proved neutrinos have mass! Now, researchers lead the dark matter hunt. Check out this special issue on #AstroparticlePhysics breakthroughs ▶️ buff.ly/6kefmKY #darkmatter @mcdonaldinstitute.bsky.social @snolabscience.bsky.social @deap3600.bsky.social @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social

The McDonald Institute annual astroparticle physics research community meeting is next week at Carleton University, and we are thrilled to welcome Laura Suen, Founder and CEO of Fire and Steel Inc. Laura will speak on our panel focused on entrepreneurship about the business of replica swords. ⚔️

We are hosting our annual astroparticle physics research community meeting next week at Carleton University, and are excited to welcome Alan DeKok, CEO of Ink Bridge Networks and Founder of FreeRADIUS. Alan will speak on a post-academic career pathways panel and a panel focused on entrepreneurship.

Now to announce the winners, whose photos will be part of the 2025 Global Physics Photowalk competition: 📸 First Place – Jason Innis 📸 Second Place – David Gagnon 📸 Third Place – Ingris Leiva Thank you to the talented photographers - you really made the science we do shine! #PhysPics25 🧵 [3/3]

Look to the Skies: A fly-by history of astronomical observation technology! Eli Berry is one of our three speakers for Astronomy on Tap Kingston, Tomorrow evening, July 28 at 6:30 PM at The Mansion (506 Pincess St.)

The Martian Chronicles: It's not fiction if you don't know it's not true! Is the title of Ezri Wyman's talk at AstronomyOnTap on Monday, July 28th! Come hear Ezri and our two other awesome scientists from Queen's University at The Mansion, 506 Princess St. Downtown Kingston!

Everyone's perspective is valuable! #wipc+2025 is undertaking the @sdgactioncampaign.org 17 rooms exercise tomorrow. The Goal? To establish concrete actions the #physics community can take in the next ~18 months

Cheyanne Monk presents a background reduction in the DEAP-3600 detector at Women+ in Physics Canada! We’re now over halfway filled, and the data looks excellent - great news for future experiments like DarkSide-20k & ARGO. #WomenInPhysics #darkmatter

Are you in #Kingston #YGK this summer and love #sciart? Come and see the amazing original artwork by Guelph artist Lauren Wright Vartanian aka Neurons and Nebulas from her new book, Stitching Science: Exploring Science from A-Z with text from Keltie Thomas, published by Firefly Books.

Can writing a scientific paper for the first (or fourth. Or fortieth) be a battle? Yes. But knowing how to approach the process and what your collaborators, supervisors, and journals expect from you during that process lowers the barrier immensely.

Thank you Jocelyn Sinclair from @canjphysics.bsky.social / @csp @cdnsciencepub.com for the fantastic workshop of publishing guidelines at the Women+ In Physics Conference at @queensuglobal.bsky.social

Over the past two weeks, a record number of 18 new detection units for the @km3net.bsky.social neutrino detector have been installed on the seabed off the coast of Sicily and connected to the data networks on land. www.nikhef.nl/en/news/reco...

The 2025 Women+ In Physics Canada Conference is hosting a free public talk on July 23rd at 6:30 PM at the BioSciences Complex at Queens University, 116 Barrie St. Learn about the latest advances in radio astronomy from Queen's/RMC Professor Dr. Kristine Spekkens! mcdonaldinstitute.ca/events/spekk...

Congrats to Dr. Sarthak Choudhary (#DEAP3600) on defending his PhD at NCAC PAS! His thesis focused on optimising light collection in liquid argon detectors and modelling pulse shape discrimination for #darkmatter searches. @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social #NCN #Astrocent

Hey, Listen! Our next Astronomy on Tap event is coming up! Join us on Monday, July 28th for an evening of astroparticle physics featuring three incredible speakers from Queen's University! 6:30 PM at the Mansion, Kingston!