Emeritus Professor Anthony Moffat receives the Carlyle S. Beals Award for 2022

The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) is pleased to announce that Université de Montréal Emeritus Professor Anthony Moffat, member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), is the winner of the 2022 Beals Award.  This is… Read More

Cooperation Required for the Emergence of Life Found to Arise Easily

Image credit: UPV Spectroscopy Group Microwaver Region. One of the main theories on the origin of life proposes the hypothesis according to which life evolved as cooperative networks of molecules. Explaining cooperation – and particularly, its emergence by… Read More

Our CRAQ colleague, Eve Lee, receives the Annie Jump Cannon Award for 2022

The American Astronomical Society’s 2022 Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy has been awarded to Eve Lee (McGill University) for her illuminating work on the formation of stars, debris disks, and planets. The Award’s selection committee pronounced that “Dr. Lee’s… Read More