News Archives - RASC Montreal Centre https://rascmontreal.org/category/news/ THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:03:10 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://rascmontreal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RASC-favicon.ico News Archives - RASC Montreal Centre https://rascmontreal.org/category/news/ 32 32 NOVA Seminar: Introduction to Astronomy https://rascmontreal.org/2023/08/nova-seminar-introduction-to-astronomy/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:03:10 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5661 Interested in the night sky? Get started with our six Introduction to Astronomy seminars. Developed by expert amateur astronomers from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) as part of the New Observers to Visual Astronomy (NOVA) series, these six seminars will give you all that you need to get you started and fuel your […]

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]]> RASC Creation Station https://rascmontreal.org/2022/07/rasc-creation-station/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:40:01 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5409 RASC Creation Station https://rasc.ca/creationstation RASC Creation Station is back for another year and we would love to see more of your imagination shared by our website and social media. We invite kids ages 5-17 to share their short stories, drawings, poems, comics, collages, and multimedia content about Astronomy and Space. Start writing/drawing/imagining… and we can’t […]

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]]> Creation Station Extended to July 31st, 2021! https://rascmontreal.org/2021/06/creation-station-extended-until-july-31st-2021/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:08:03 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5117 We are happy to announce that the initial submissions on Creation Station are now posted on the National RASC website. We’ve also extended the project period to accept new Creations until July 31st. Are you between the ages of 5 and 12? Are you curious about the universe? Do you spend your nights watching the […]

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]]> Creation Station May15th – June 13th https://rascmontreal.org/2021/05/creation-station-may15th-june-13th/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:29:28 +0000 http://rascmontreal.org/?p=5103 The post Creation Station May15th – June 13th appeared first on RASC Montreal Centre.

]]> Three supermassive black holes found lurking in one galaxy https://rascmontreal.org/2019/11/three-supermassive-black-holes-found-lurking-in-one-galaxy/ Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:48:08 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2885 http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/11/three-supermassive-black-holes-found-lurking-in-one-galaxy-a-first?utm_source=asyfb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asyfb&fbclid=IwAR3gGQ-qjwWRpsGXKGoX-KuzZCIHGirQkdN-Sz2PbShUacnYccMx4j1V4Oo

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]]> How an Atomic Clock Will Get Humans to Mars on Time https://rascmontreal.org/2019/06/how-an-atomic-clock-will-get-humans-to-mars-on-time/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:04:14 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2815 Complete story here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7427&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=dsac-20190614-1

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]]> Is the Great Red Spot Unraveling? https://rascmontreal.org/2019/05/is-the-great-red-spot-unraveling/ Thu, 23 May 2019 00:17:43 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2802 The post Is the Great Red Spot Unraveling? appeared first on RASC Montreal Centre.

]]> International Women’s Day https://rascmontreal.org/2019/03/international-womens-day/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:33:55 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2731   Today we are proud and privileged to honour the women who made the Montreal Centre what is is today. Amateur astronomers such as Isabel K. Williamson who served our centre in a number of key and ground breaking roles. Her name graced our former observatory just behind McGill University’s Molson Stadium. Today she is […]

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]]> NASA Selects New Mission to Explore Origins of Universe https://rascmontreal.org/2019/02/nasa-selects-new-mission-to-explore-origins-of-universe/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:38:27 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2704 NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission is targeted to launch in 2023. SPHEREx will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common are the ingredients for life in our galaxy’s planetary systems. Credits: Caltech.   Complete story here: NASA Selects New Mission […]

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]]> New Horizons’ Newest and Best-Yet View of Ultima Thule https://rascmontreal.org/2019/01/new-horizons-newest-and-best-yet-view-of-ultima-thule/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:16:49 +0000 http://www.rascmontreal.org/moon/?p=2693 The wonders – and mysteries – of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 continue to multiply as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft beams home new images of its New Year’s Day 2019 flyby target.   Full Story here: Ultima Thule

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