A deep partial eclipse of the Moon for early risers
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November 17, 2021
Stargazers will get to observe a beautiful partial eclipse of the Moon in the wee hours of November 19. For the occasion, the Moon well penetrate...Read more
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The DART mission: protecting the Earth against cosmic collisions
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October 27, 2021
NASA is getting ready to launch a spatial probe with an unusual mission: deflecting an asteroid! This mission will make it possible to test a...Read more
Carolyn S. Shoemaker, an astronomer in love with the sky
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September 8, 2021
I’d like to take advantage of this blog entry to pay tribute to a great lady of astronomy, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, who left us in August 2021. Even...Read more
What makes the Pole Star special?
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July 20, 2021
The Pole Star is one of the best known stars, but it also holds its share of mysteries: is it brighter than the other stars? Is it the Shepherd’s...Read more
A ring of the Sun in northern Québec
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June 8, 2021
A ring of the Sun in northern Québec In the early hours of June 10, the Sun will take the form of a ring for residents of Québec’s far north. A...Read more
Valentina Tereshkova, the story of the first woman in space
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May 12, 2021
Two years after the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviets wrote another page in the history of aerospace by sending the first woman into orbit. In June...Read more
Yuri Gagarin, the man from the cosmos
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April 7, 2021
“I come from the cosmos.” These are the words that cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is said to have spoken to a farmer and her daughter who were frightened by...Read more
How is the date of Easter determined?
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March 31, 2021
Written on April 25, 2011 The Easter holiday occupies the center of the ecclesiastical calendar and is used to determine the feast days in the...Read more
Mission Perseverance: Return to Sender
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March 12, 2021
The Perseverance rover, which has just landed on the planet Mars, brought some very special objects with it: two Martian meteorites! Perseverance has...Read more
Charles Messier, the comet chaser
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February 3, 2021
Qui est Charles Messier? Charles Messier is a name well known to amateur astronomers, he being the creator of a catalogue of astronomical objects...Read more
