Mark your calendars! Family Science Day: September 28th

Published: 18 September 2024

On September 28th between 9 am and 4 pm, join McGill’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ McGill, the Trottier Space Institute and McGill Physics Outreach, for free science activities...

Family Science Activities: 24 Hours of Science 2023

Saturday, May 6, 2023 09:00to16:00

Join Science Outreach, the Chemistry Outreach Group, Physics Matters, AstroMcGill, BrainReach, the Gault Nature Reserve, STEMM Diversity at McGill and Earth and Planetary Sciences for fun family...

Dr. Eve J. Lee awarded 2022 Vainu Bappu Gold Medal

Published: 10 February 2023

Professor Eve Lee of the McGill Department of Physics and the Trottier Space Institute has been awarded the 2022 Vainu Bappu Gold Medal by the Astronomical Society of India. This medal is awarded...

Family Science Activities: 24h de science

Saturday, May 7, 2022 10:00to14:00

Join McGill Chemistry, the Redpath Museum, Physics Matters, BrainReach, the Gault Nature Reserve and Earth and Planetary Sciences for fun family science activities during 24h de science!...

Trifecta of awards for McGill Physics professors

Published: 8 December 2021

The Canadian Association of Physicists recognizes achievements for McGill professors across many branches of research in physics

Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole

Published: 14 April 2021

In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the...

First images of magnetic fields at the edge of black hole in M87 Galaxy

Published: 25 March 2021

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which includes researchers from McGill University, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has revealed this week a new view of the...

Detection of a short, intense radio burst in Milky Way could help resolve origins of mysterious phenomenon

Published: 4 November 2020

New data from a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from the McGill Space Institute and McGill University Department of Physics, strongly suggest that magnetars - a type of...

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