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New Horizons explores the outer confines of the solar system

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New Horizons explore les confins du système solaire

New Horizons explores the outer confines of the solar system

December 20, 2018

André Grandchamps

On January 1, the New Horizons interplanetary probe will write a new chapter in the history of space exploration by visiting for the first time a...Read more

Supermoon eclipse

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Supermoon eclipse

December 19, 2018

André Grandchamps

Public lunar eclipse watching events on January 20-21 Come and watch the eclipse with us at Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan! Staff and volunteers will...Read more

A comet to wind up the year on a high note

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A comet to wind up the year on a high note

November 28, 2018

André Grandchamps

The end of 2018 could have a wonderful surprise in store for us: a comet visible to the naked eye. Comets are mountain-sized blocks of ice and rock...Read more

Inestimable treasures of the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan

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Inestimable treasures of the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan

November 6, 2018

André Grandchamps

The Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan possesses the largest collection of meteorites in Québec and one of the most important in Canada. Begun in a very...Read more

The first picture of the Universe

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The first picture of the Universe

October 24, 2018

André Grandchamps

Forty years ago, physicists Arno A. Penzias and Robert W. Wilson received the Nobel Prize in physics for discovering cosmic microwave background...Read more

Perseids 2018: a good year

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Perseids 2018: a good year

August 7, 2018

Maxime Pivin Lapointe

Under a beautiful nighttime sky, it’s not unusual to notice out of the corner of your eye the stream of light of a shooting star. A tiny pebble...Read more

Martian summer

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Martian summer

July 24, 2018

André Grandchamps

Summer 2018 will be a good time for observing Mars. The planet will be at opposition in late July, meaning that it will appear brighter in the night...Read more

The Tunguska catastrophe

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The Tunguska catastrophe

June 5, 2018

André Grandchamps

On June 30, 1908, Russia was the setting for a major, although relatively localized, catastrophe. That morning, at 7:17 local time, a ball of fire...Read more

Copernicus and the centre of the world

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Copernic status before the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan

Copernicus and the centre of the world

May 22, 2018

André Grandchamps

Imagine a world where the Earth is immobile at the centre of the Universe, a world where all the heavenly bodies – including the Sun – turn around...Read more

Where are we likely to find life in the solar system?

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Where are we likely to find life in the solar system?

May 8, 2018

Charles Prémont

Scientists keep on discovering new exoplanets, and a number of them may support life. But extraterrestrial life could exist in our own solar system...Read more

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