TORONTO, July 4, 2016 – NASA’s Juno spacecraft, launched in August 2011, is scheduled to enter Jupiter’s orbit in an historic moment today at about 5pm, Eastern Time. Astronomers suspect that Jupiter, due to its large size, shaped the formation of our solar system; however, the finer details about what the planet is made of and […]
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York University brings Science Rendezvous to Markham on May 7
TORONTO, April 28, 2016 — York University has joined forces with Markham Village BIA to bring Science Rendezvous, Canada’s largest celebration of science, to the Markham Farmers' Market on Saturday, May 7. Science Rendezvous is an all-day festival that takes science out of the lab and onto the streets. Thirty cities across Canada, including various […]
NSERC awards $1.65 million to York-led research partnership
April 14, 2016 – An academic-industry partnership led by York University has received a total of $1,650,000 through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Grants Program. The Government of Canada announced funding for the project this morning, part of $21.4 million investment in 13 new […]
York U experts available for comment on ExoMars mission
TORONTO, March 10, 2016 – The next robotic visitor from Earth to Mars is about to begin its long journey. The much-awaited launch of ExoMars 2016, a collaborative venture between the European Space Agency and the Russian Space Federation, is scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2016. The mission consists of a Trace Gas Orbiter and […]
York U experts available for comment on possible existence of a ninth planet
TORONTO, January 20, 2016 – New research has suggested the possibility of a massive ninth planet, possibly 10 times Earth’s mass, in the far reaches of our solar system. If it exists, it’s thought to orbit the Sun every 10,000 to 20,000 years. Although it hasn’t been detected directly, California Institute of Technology researchers say […]
York University experts available for comment on climate change
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2015 − The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (Nov. 30 to Dec. 11) aims to achieve a new international agreement that would keep global warming below 2°C. York University experts are available for comment on a variety of key issues including climate change and its environmental effects, the progress […]
York University expert available for comment on Nobel Prize in Physics
Ray Jayawardhana, astrophysicist and Dean of the Faculty of Science at York University, is available to comment today on the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Canadian Arthur B. McDonald and Takaaki Kajita of Japan. Jayawardhana is the author of the popular science book, Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle […]
