What the rise of oxygen on early Earth tells us about life on other planets

Published: 31 January 2022

When did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from McGill University have discovered that a rise in oxygen levels occurred in step with the evolution and...

New insights into seasons on a planet outside our solar system

Published: 13 January 2022

XO-3b, a hot Jupiter on an eccentric orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Crafting a Personal Sacred Space

Monday, January 17, 2022 12:00to13:30

/involvementCategory: Be well—Healthy Living Be well—Resilience Be well—Self-Knowledge Macdonald Campus Macdonald Campus Student Services Spirituality Student services

Astronomers uncover mysterious origins of ‘super-Earths’

Published: 10 February 2021

Mini-Neptunes and super-Earths up to four times the size of our own are the most common exoplanets orbiting stars beyond our solar system. Until now, super-Earths were thought to be the rocky cores...

Wilder Penfield Lecture at The Neuro

Monday, November 13, 2023 16:00to17:00

 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA/neuroCategory: Medicine Research Medicine and Health Sciences MNI Science Research

Detecting bacteria in space

Published: 22 May 2019

Scientists at the University of Montreal and McGill University have pioneered and tested a new genomic methodology which reveals a complex bacterial ecosystem at work on the International Space...

McGill launches centre for space research

Published: 28 October 2015

$1 million donation from Trottier Family Foundation to fund McGill Space Institute fellowships

Metal fuels used in space!

Published: 6 April 2017

Canadian researchers, including TISED Associate Director, Prof. Jeff Bergthorson (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alternative Fuels Laboratory, McGill University), believe metals could fuel a...

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