CRAQThe solar eclipse on April 8, 2024: a show not to be missed!
Astrophysicists from across Quebec, gathered at the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec, encourage you to see the solar eclipse on April 8, an astronomical show not to be missed! On that day, tens of…
Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette, an “Emerging Leaders of 2023” by the Women’s Executive Network
Dr. Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette, astrophysicist, Associate Director of the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) at the Université de Montréal and collaborator member of the Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec, has been recognized…
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON APRIL 8, 2024?
Montreal, April 4, 2023 – One year from today, an extremely rare afternoon solar eclipse will be visible from southern Quebec. This spectacular phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. During…
A Solar Eclipse on the morning of June 10th 2021
The Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM), invite you to admire the solar eclipse taking place at sunrise on the morning…
Look up challenge
The CRAQ in collaboration with the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM), the Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto and “Discover the Universe” proposed the challenge to lookup to the…
La petite école de l’espace
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets, in collaboration with the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic and the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec invites kids from 3 to 8 years old to “La petite école de l’espace”…
Astronomer in Your Classroom – 24h of Science
As part of the 24h of science, on May 7 and 8, 2021, the Institute for Research on Exoplanets, in collaboration with the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) and the Mont-Mégantic Observatory, proposed the…
An asteroid is named in honor of astrophysicist Gilles Fontaine
Quebec astrophysicist Gilles Fontaine, Professor at the Department of Physics at the Université de Montréal and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), has just received an unusual honor by having his…
Inauguration du nouveau campus MIL – Les membres du CRAQ de l’UdeM déménagent dans le nouveau complexe des sciences.
Trois ans après la première pelletée de terre, le Complexe des sciences du campus MIL accueille la communauté universitaire. Le Complexe des sciences de l’Université de Montréal, pierre angulaire du nouveau campus MIL, a été inauguré vendredi,…
Laurent Drissen, professeur à l’Université Laval et chercheur du CRAQ, publie un ouvrage grand public sur le rôle méconnu des étoiles massives.
Des vagues dans l’espace-temps – Splendeurs des étoiles massives, de Laurent Drissen, offre une description du rôle important mais méconnu des étoiles massives dans l’écologie galactique et l’évolution chimique de l’Univers. Le 14 septembre 2015, des…