News - Trottier Space Institute at McGill

McGill-linked AXIS mission is one of two finalists in NASA selection process

Nov 28, 2024, McGill Reporter

Space probe co-led by McGill’s Daryl Haggard would aim to enhance understanding of black holes, galactic evolution and potential for habitable planets through advanced X-ray imaging technology

Natalya Gomez and Daryl Haggard win Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships

Nov 6, 2024, McGill Reporter

Professors Natalya Gomez (Earth and Planetary Sciences) and Daryl Haggard (Physics) have been awarded 2024 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

News Family Science Day: McGill’s Family Friendly Foray into Science

Oct 18, 2024, McGill Reporter

This past September, McGill hosted Family Science Day on McGill’s Downtown Campus, a free scientific discovery event aimed toward families in Montréal. A collaboration between McGill’s Office of Science Outreach, STEMM Diversity @ McGill, the Trottier Space Institute (TSI), and McGill Physics Outreach, the event saw over five hundred people join the fun. From interactive mini-habitats to parachute-making workshops, participants explored a variety of scientific topics, from biodiversity conservation to the speed of gravity. Families crowded around solar telescopes to view solar projections, while others engaged their creativity and built colorful spacecraft out of Legos.

Cynthia Chiang is searching for signs of the universe's first light

Jul 24, 2024, National Geographic

The cosmologist builds her own equipment, and deploys it to the edges of the Earth, to get a hint of how the cosmos came to be.

La recherche : Un nouveau radiotélescope

Jul 12, 2024, Radio-Canada

Un podcast mettant en vedette l'étudiant diplômé Mohan Agrawal.

Exploring the Cosmos from the Ends of the Earth

Jun 21, 2024, National Geographic

TSI Prof. Cynthia Chiang's presentation from the 2024 National Geographic Explorers Festival.

Cynthia Chiang, Cosmologist

Jun 20, 2024, National Geographic

National Geographic Explorer Cynthia Chiang studies the cosmic dawn and the dark ages. As an associate professor of physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Chiang specializes in building and deploying radio telescopes. She travels to remote locations including the Canadian High Arctic and Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic. Her work has allowed her to collaborate with researchers in other fields and provide new opportunities for students, all of which have revealed unexpected new dimensions in Chiang’s professional explorations.

Cosmic Journey II: Voyage into the Abyss

Jun 5, 2024, Smithsonian

Hitch a ride on the Chandra X-ray Observatory as it scours deep space for some of the most enigmatic and misunderstood objects in the universe: black holes. TSI Prof. Daryl Haggard is a guest on this podcast episode.

Astrophysics award honours student research with nod to pioneer

May 31, 2024, McGill Giving

Renowned astrophysicist Victoria Kaspi has created a PhD thesis award named in honour of trailblazing McGill graduate Allie Vibert Douglas

On Opposite Sides of the Globe, Yet Still Connected

May 30, 2024, The Weather Channel

New research examines how a melting ice sheet near the North Pole can actually influence an ice sheet 12,000 miles away on the South Pole.