/channels/taxonomy/term/9551/all en /channels/channels/news/secrets-hot-saturn-and-its-spotted-star-unlocked-mcgill-universite-de-montreal-astronomers-353964 <p>Exoplanets, planets located beyond our Solar System, captivate both scientists and the public, holding the promise of unveiling diverse planetary systems and potentially habitable worlds. Despite being very much not like our Earth, large gas giant planets found very close to their stars have proven to be ideal test targets for telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to refine astronomers’ methods of understanding exoplanets.</p> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:02:20 +0000 webfull 196243 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-teams-participate-deep-space-food-challenge-345605 <p>On January 17, two ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ teams, <strong>InSpira Photobioreactor and the Cricket Rearing, Collection, and Transformation System (CRCTS) </strong>competing under the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Advanced Bio-Regenerative Toolkit for Long Excursion Trips (MARTLET) umbrella, presented their prototypes to the NASA/CSA Deep Space Food Challenge’s jury.</p> <p><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-teams-put-prototypes-through-their-paces-in-deep-space-food-challenge/">Read</a> the story in the <i>ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Reporter</i>.</p> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:24:14 +0000 webfull 186675 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-martlet-teams-take-home-nasa-and-csa-deep-space-food-challenge-prize-334968 <p>NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have named the winners of the first Deep Space<a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-111521a-nasa-deep-space-food-challenge.html" target="_blank"> </a>Food Challenge, an international contest that sought novel food technologies for future astronaut missions, as well as for use in resource-scarce regions on Earth.</p> <p>Celebrity chefs Martha Stewart and Lynn Crawford joined former astronauts Scott Kelly and Chris Hadfield in making the announcements in a video aired by NASA on its television channel on November 15th.</p> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:51:40 +0000 webfull 174864 at /channels /channels/channels/news/hot-jupiter-unusual-winds-284028 <p>The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn’t where astrophysicists expected it to be – a discovery that challenges scientists’ understanding of the many planets of this type found in solar systems outside our own.</p> <p><span>Unlike our familiar planet Jupiter, so-called hot Jupiters circle astonishingly close to their host star -- so close that it typically takes fewer than three days to complete an orbit.  And one hemisphere of these planets always faces its host star, while the other faces permanently out into the dark.</span></p> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:08:46 +0000 webfull 134293 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nasas-hubble-captures-blistering-pitch-black-planet-270306 <p>NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet outside our solar system that looks as black as fresh asphalt because it eats light rather than reflecting it back into space. This light-eating prowess is due to the planet's unique capability to trap at least 94 percent of the visible starlight falling into its atmosphere.</p> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 15:19:18 +0000 webfull 131094 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-1530-254098 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:20:27 +0000 webfull 111284 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-300-254093 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:15:36 +0000 webfull 111279 at /channels /channels/news/nearing-limits-life-earth-257977 <h3>Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars</h3> <p>Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:32:49 +0000 webfull 115343 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-1500-254099 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:21:13 +0000 webfull 111285 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-1530-254094 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:16:32 +0000 webfull 111280 at /channels /channels/news/expert-nasa-news-conference-exoplanet-feb-22-2017-266556 <p>NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 22, to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. The event will air live on NASA Television. (Source: NASA)</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2017 15:39:40 +0000 webfull 125718 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-800-254100 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:21:58 +0000 webfull 111286 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-1500-254095 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:17:27 +0000 webfull 111281 at /channels /channels/news/nasa-telescopes-find-galaxy-cluster-vibrant-heart-255122 <p><span>"Usually, the stars at the centers of galaxy clusters are old and dead, essentially fossils," said Tracy Webb of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, Montreal, Canada, lead author of a new paper on the findings accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. "But we think the giant galaxy at the center of this cluster is furiously making new stars after merging with a smaller galaxy."</span></p> <p> Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:00:59 +0000 webfull 112276 at /channels /channels/event/searching-extraterrestrial-intelligence-how-can-we-do-it-what-if-we-succeed-why-should-you-care-800-254096 <h2>Are we alone? Searching for life out there</h2> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:18:16 +0000 webfull 111282 at /channels