/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9182/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-total-solar-eclipse-april-8-2024-356131 <p>On April 8, 2024, a spectacular and rare celestial event is set to unfold over Canada, the United States and Mexico – a total solar eclipse. As the Moon aligns perfectly between Earth and the Sun, temporary darkness will sweep across parts of the country, captivating countless spectators. Quebec hasn't witnessed a total solar eclipse in over 50 years, and it will be over 80 years before the next one. (<a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronomy/eclipses/total-solar-eclipse.asp" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Government of Canada</a>) </p> Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:22:23 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310060 at /newsroom /newsroom/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> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:47:02 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 307572 at /newsroom /newsroom/nicolas-cowan Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:34:35 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 254270 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/supersonic-winds-rocky-rains-forecasted-lava-planet-325719 <p>Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets: fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their host star that some regions are likely oceans of molten lava. According to scientists from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, York University, and the Indian Institute of Science Education, the atmosphere and weather cycle of at least one such exoplanet is even stranger, featuring the evaporation and precipitation of rocks, supersonic winds that rage over 5000 km/hr, and a magma ocean 100 km deep.</p> Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:31:10 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 245267 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/dark-side-extrasolar-planets-share-surprisingly-similar-temperatures-299694 <p>A new study by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University astronomers has found that the temperature on the nightsides of different hot Jupiters is surprisingly uniform, suggesting the dark side of these massive gaseous planets have clouds made of minerals and rocks.  </p> <p>Using data from the Spitzer Space and the Hubble Space telescopes, the researchers from the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Space Institute found that the nightside temperature of 12 hot Jupiters they studied was about 800°C. </p> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:51:32 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 186850 at /newsroom /newsroom/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 15:39:35 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26729 at /newsroom