The fabulous adventure of Rosetta
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March 16, 2022
In September 2016 the European spacecraft Rosetta touched down softly on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Chury for short), crowning a...Read more
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The impact of LED technology on light pollution in Montréal
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February 22, 2022
With technological breakthroughs and the growth of big cities around the world, we’ve gradually erased the beauty offered by the night sky from our...Read more
The fantastic odyssey of the Voyager probes
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February 2, 2022
The Voyager program comprises without a doubt the most prolific planetary exploration mission ever launched. Even at this point in time the two...Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope, a unique and complex observatory
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December 8, 2021
The start of operations of the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022 will mark the birth of a new era in astronomy. This complex observatory will make...Read more
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
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
