McGill launches centre for space research
$1 million donation from Trottier Family Foundation to fund McGill Space Institute fellowships Montreal’s emergence as a leading hub for space research takes another big step forward with the launch today of the recently created McGill Space Institute. The MSI, led by renowned astrophysicist Victoria Kaspi, will examine some of the most fundamental questions in […]
Disintegrating Asteroid is Raining Dust Onto a White Dwarf Star
Astronomers announced today that they have spotted a large, rocky object disintegrating in its death spiral around a distant white dwarf star. The discovery also confirms a long-standing theory behind the source of white dwarf “pollution” by metals. “This is something no human has seen before,” says lead author Andrew Vanderburg, a researcher at the […]
Un million $ pour trouver de la vie extraterrestre
La Fondation Trottier fait don d’un million de dollars à l’Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes de l’Université de Montréal, dont le lancement a lieu aujourd’hui. Les chercheurs de l’Université de Montréal sont déterminés à être les premiers à trouver de la vie ailleurs dans l’Univers et la Fondation Trottier les épaulera financièrement par un […]