RASC Executive Director Randy Attwood appears on CTV Canada AM to talk about the reestablishment of communications with the Philae comet lander.

Watch the clip here!

Watch the clip "Nasa Tests Flying Saucer" here!

The 2017 solar eclipse path crosses some of North America's most rugged and beautiful landscapes. The RASC is parternering with our sponsor MWT Associates Inc to bring you this incredible tour of the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Park...

Join fellow RASC members from across the country and experience this remarkable astronomical event.

Mark Aug 14 - 23 2017 on your calendar and book your spot now!

Canada has now become a full partner in the Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT). The TMT is one of the class of extremely large telescopes coming online in the near future, along with the European Extremely Large Telescope, and the Giant Magellan Telescope. These engines of discovery are designed to be highly productive scientific instruments to move our investigation of the universe to the next level.

The RASC Dark Sky Preserve program and the efforts of Robert Dick and the Light Pollution Abatement Committee, of which he is the Chair, get a mention in this recent Canadian Press article.

Ottawa Centre member Paul Sadler has posted this excellent Newbie's Guide to the 2015 Oberver's Handbook on his blog. 

Paul Delaney, long-time RASC member (Toronto Centre), has won the 2015 Qilak Award bestowed by CASCA, the Canadian society of professional astronomers. Paul has been a tireless and effective promoter of astronomy in Canada over three decades. He is presently Director of the York University Observatory (1986-), and Director of the Division of Natural Science at York (2002-).