Apollo 11’s giant leap
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July 17, 2019
There are events of such importance that they’re inscribed forever in the history books. The Apollo 11 mission and the first steps on the Moon belong...Read more
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In 1994, it rained meteorites on Québec
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June 12, 2019
June 14, 1994, is a memorable date in Québec history. That evening at 8:02 a fireball crossed the sky of southern Québec. A few moments later,...Read more
The first picture of a black hole
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May 23, 2019
On April 10, 2019, with great fanfare, an international team of astronomers unveiled the very first photograph of a black hole. Let’s revisit that...Read more
Apps for predicting the Northern Lights
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March 13, 2019
The aurora borealis is a thing of great beauty to see. But the difficulty’s always in knowing when to look at the night sky to find it. Mobile...Read more
New Horizons explores the outer confines of the solar system
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December 20, 2018
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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December 19, 2018
Public lunar eclipse watching events on January 20-21 Come and watch the eclipse with us at Planetarium! Staff and volunteers will have telescopes...Read more
A comet to wind up the year on a high note
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November 28, 2018
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
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November 6, 2018
The Planétarium possesses the largest collection of meteorites in Québec and one of the most important in Canada. Begun in a very modest way, that...Read more
The first picture of the Universe
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October 24, 2018
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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August 7, 2018
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
