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2022 CAP Herzberg Medal: Daryl Haggard
The 2022 Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) Herzberg Medal is awarded to Daryl Haggard, McGill professor and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), in recognition of her leadership role in the…
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Discovery of two exoplanets that may be mostly water
Artistic representation of the planetary system of the star Kepler-138. We see Kepler-138 d in the foreground, and closer to the star, Kepler-138 c. These two planets are probably composed mainly of water. The small planet…
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Finalist for the 2022 Prix de la Relève scientifique: Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
Associate Professor in the Department of Physics Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo is one of two finalists for the Prix de la Relève scientifique. This is a second nomination for the researcher, following her 2019 nomination. Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo specializes…
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Our CRAQ colleagues, members of the CHIME team, receive the Brockhouse Canada 2022 Award
CHIME is a large, fixed radio telescope with a large collection area, wide bandwidth, and a huge instantaneous field of view (about 200 square degrees, equivalent to the area covered by more than 1000 times the…
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Star Duo Forms a ‘Fingerprint’ in Space, NASA Webb Finds
Astronomers share a new image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion, locked in a celestial dance. The team of astronomers includes Anthony Moffat, Université de Montréal…
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An extrasolar world covered in water?
With the help of instruments designed partly in Canada, a team of astronomers from the CRAQ have discovered an exoplanet that could be completely covered in water, a target they hope to observe with the Webb…
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‘Black hole police’ discover a dormant black hole outside our galaxy
A team of international experts, including Université de Montréal Emeritus Professor Anthony Moffat and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), have found a stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic…
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A new planet hunter awakens: NIRPS instrument sees first light
The Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) instrument, developed in part at the Université de Montréal and the Université Laval, has successfully performed its first observations. Mounted on ESO’s 3.6-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory in…
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Reunions and Discoveries at the 2022 CRAQ Annual Meeting!
After two years of absence, the annual meetings of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec are back in person! Bishop’s University received the CRAQ astronomers on May 11, 12 and 13 at the Estrimont…
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Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable…
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A fully isolated dwarf galaxy unexpectedly affected by ram pressure
Dwarf galaxies are known to be pristine probes of the early Universe, especially when they are isolated and not interacting with massive galaxies. Observations with the MeerKAT radio telescope of WLM, an archetype of such a…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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Our CRAQ colleagues, members of the “CHIME Fast Radio Burst” team, receive the 2022 Berkeley Prize
The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment fast radio burst (CHIME/FRB) team, which discovered more than 500 new fast radio bursts in the first year of the detector’s operations, receive the 2022 Lancelot M. Berkeley − New York…
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A new professor joins the CRAQ
The Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) welcomes a new professor of astrophysics. Katelin Schutz joined the McGill University Astrophysics Group as Assistant Professor in August 2021. She holds a bachelor’s degree in physics…
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Emilie Parent receives one of the SWAAC Graduate Student Award of Merit for 2021
Emilie Parent, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Physics at McGill University and member of the McGill Space Institute, has received one of the 2021 Graduate Student Award of Merit from the Senior Women Academic Administrators…
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Ziggy Pleunis receives a PhD Prize from IAU
Ziggy Pleunis, who recently completed a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Victoria Kaspi (McGill), was awarded a PhD Prize from the “High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics” division of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)…
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Nathalie Ouellette wins a Prix du recteur 2021
Nathalie Ouellette, Coordinator of iREx and CRAQ member, is the winner of one of the “Prix du Recteur” of the Université de Montréal awards for 2021, in the category Initiative. This award recognises the imagination, dynamism…
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CRAQ member Victoria Kaspi receives the 2021 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2021 is shared equally by Victoria M. Kaspi, Professor of Physics, Director of McGill Space Institute and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), and Chryssa Kouveliotou,…
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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…
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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…
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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”…
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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…
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Professor Laurent Drissen is one of the first recipients of the new PRISME program from the FRQNT and the FRQSC
In January 2021, the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC) launched a new interdisciplinary program called PRISME. This program invites…
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Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in the galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable achievement was just the beginning of the science story to be…
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Five CRAQ researchers have their applications accepted to inaugurate the “James-Webb” space telescope
The projects of researchers at the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) are part of the list of 286 requests for observation time retained for the first year of operation of the telescope. The…
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Ziggy Pleunis receives the 2021 Plaskett Medal
The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) awarded the J.S Plaskett Medal for 2021 to Ziggy Pleunis for the best doctoral thesis in astrophysics in Canada. Dr. Pleunis completed his…
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3D Reconstruction of Iconic Stellar Explosion Reveals an Unexpected Honeycomb Heart
Using the powerful instrument SITELLE on the Canada-Hawaii-France Telescope (CFHT) in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, astronomers have mapped the iconic supernova remnant, the Crab Nebula, in unprecedented detail and have created a realistic three-dimensional reconstruction. These data…
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American Astronomical Society honours McGill astrophysicist
McGill astrophysicist Vicky Kaspi is among 31 people to have been named new Fellows of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. Kaspi was honoured for her “innovative work in the…
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Simon Blouin receives the 2021 Academic Medal from the Governor General
Simon Blouin was awarded the 2021 Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal for excellence in his record during his graduate studies at the Université de Montréal. Simon completed his MSc and PhD studies under the supervision of…
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A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other
An UdeM-led team of astronomers discovers that the core mass of exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than previously thought possible for a gas-giant planet. The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was…
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The work of our McGill colleagues, members of the CHIME/FRB consortium, on the discovery of a rapid radio burst in our galaxy, is part of Nature’s top-10 discoveries of 2020
Their work is part of one of three articles published in Nature reporting the detection of a phenomenon called a fast radio burst (FRB) coming from a source in our Galaxy. Intriguingly, the FRB was accompanied…
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The 2020 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics is awarded to Kenneth Ragan
The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the 2020 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics is awarded to Kenneth Ragan, McGill University, for his overall accomplishments in teaching, and the…
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Detection of a short, intense radio burst in Milky Way could help resolve origins of mysterious phenomenon
Close proximity of high energy pulse suggests magnetars may be at the origin of some fast radio bursts New data from a Canadian-led team of astronomers, including researchers from the McGill Space Institute and McGill University Department of Physics, strongly…
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Two CRAQ researchers receive a major grant from the Schmidt Futures Foundation
Laurence Perreault Levasseur and Yashar Hezaveh, both members of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) and professors at the Université de Montréal, were awarded a $ 4 million grant by the Schmidt Futures…
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Four CRAQ researchers participate in the discovery of a “surviving” planet, orbiting a white dwarf star
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope has reported what may be the first intact planet found closely orbiting a white dwarf, the dense leftover of a Sun-like star, only…
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René Doyon, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
The iREx is very pleased to announce that our Director, René Doyon, is now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in the Academy of Sciences. The 2020 cohort of new members includes 87 individuals…
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BLACK HOLE FAILS TO DO ITS JOB
Astronomers have discovered what can happen when a giant black hole does not intervene in the life of a galaxy cluster. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes they have shown that passive black hole…
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Jonathan Gagné becomes the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium’s Scientific Advisor
Jonathan Gagné, a former Banting and Trottier postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the Université de Montréal, became a Scientific Advisor at Space for Life in May 2020, where he leads a…
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A planet around the young star AU Microscopii
Jonathan Gagné, collaborator of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), former iREx Banting postdoctoral researcher and now Science Advisor at Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan, was involved in the discovery of a planet the…
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Simon Blouin receives a PhD Prize from IAU
Simon Blouin, who recently completed a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Professor Patrick Dufour, was awarded a PhD Prize from the “Stars and Stellar Physics” division of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) for the year…
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Seeing the light: Professor Anthony Moffat and an international team of astronomers find new way novae light up the sky
A nova, or stella nova the Latin word for “new star,” is an explosion which occurs on the surface of a star. The explosion produces an incredible amount of energy resulting in an increase in the…
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Professor René Doyon receives the 2020 Dunlap Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates René Doyon of the Université de Montréal, member of the CRAQ and director of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets…
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Simon Blouin receives the 2020 Plaskett Medal
The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) awarded the J.S Plaskett Medal for 2020 to Simon Blouin for the best doctoral thesis in astrophysics in Canada. Simon Blouin completed his…
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Julie Bolduc-Duval receives the 2020 Qilak Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
CRAQ member Julie Bolduc-Duval is the recipient of the CASCA Qilak Award in 2020. Julie Bolduc-Duval has worked in the field of education and public outreach of astronomy for almost 20 years. Her love for scientific…
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iREx wins inaugural FRQ DIALOGUE Award
We are very pleased to announce that the iREx has been selected for a DIALOGUE – Researcher Award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec! The DIALOGUE – Researcher program is designed to encourage Quebec researchers to…
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A fast radio burst tracked down to a nearby galaxy
Astronomers in Europe, working with members of Canada’s CHIME Fast Radio Burst collaboration, have pinpointed the location of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) first detected by the CHIME telescope in British Columbia in 2018. The…
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Daryl Haggard wins 2020 Breakthrough Prize for Physics
Daryl Haggard, assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at McGill University and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) has been honoured for her contribution to the field physics as a…
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Professor Victoria Kaspi is one of Nature’s ten people who mattered in science in 2019
The Quebec Center for Research in Astrophysics (CRAQ) congratulates Professor Victoria Kaspi of McGill University for her selection as one of the 10 scientific personalities of the year 2019 from the journal Nature. Ms. Kaspi receives…
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Martin Aubé receives the 2019 Acfas Denise-Barbeau Prize
Our colleague Martin Aubé from Cégep de Sherbrooke, associate professor at Bishop’s University and Université de Sherbrooke and member of the CRAQ, is the 2019 recipient of the Denise-Barbeau prize awarded by the Association francophone pour…
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The image entitled Splendors and Miseries of a Supergiant wins a Jury award for the 2019 edition of the Acfas “La preuve par l’image” competition.
An image submitted by professors Laurent Drissen (U. Laval) and Nicole St-Louis (U. de Montréal) as well as the doctoral student Marcel Sévigny (U. Laval), all members of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec…
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Finaliste du prix Relève scientifique 2019 : Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
La professeure de l’Université de Montréal Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, est l’une des deux personnes finalistes du prix Relève scientifique 2019. Professeure depuis 2013 au Département de physique de l’Université de Montréal et membre du Centre de recherche…
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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…
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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,…
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Water detected on an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone
An artistic representation of the exoplanet K2-18b. Credit: Alex Boersma Ever since the discovery of the first exoplanet in the 1990s, astronomers have made steady progress towards finding and probing planets located in the habitable zone…
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A new professor joins the CRAQ
Eve Lee joins the Astrophysics Research Group at McGill University as an Assistant Professor. Before joining McGill in 2019, she held a postdoctoral research position as Sherman Fairchild in theoretical physics at Caltech. She received her…
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CRAQ researcher Martin Aubé and his students launch a balloon in the stratosphere to better understand light pollution.
Martin Aubé, physics teacher at Cégep de Sherbrooke and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), along with four of his students launched a stratospheric balloon in Timmins, Ontario, to collect data…
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The dark side of extrasolar planets share surprisingly similar temperatures
New study suggests that the nightsides of hot Jupiters share clouds made of minerals Graphic: Schematic of clouds on the night side of a hot Jupiter exoplanet. The underlying atmosphere is over 800 C, hot enough to vaporize rocks. Atmospheric motion from…
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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…
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PhD student Ismaël Moumen leads an astronomy project for First Nations youth
Ismaël Moumen, a PhD student at Université Laval and member of the Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), is behind a development project using astronomy as a tool to integrate Quebec’s Aboriginal youth. The…
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Probing a new class of exoplanets
An international team led by a UdeM astronomer gets a clearer picture of what is likely the most abundant type of planet in the universe. Artist’s illustration of gas streaming from GK 3470 b. Credit : NASA,…
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The CRAQ “journeys to new worlds” at the Eureka Festival!
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) was present at the 2019 Eureka Festival! Enthusiastic CRAQ students took part in this 13th edition of the festival which took place in the Montreal Old Port…
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Deux nouveaux professeurs pour le CRAQ
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) accueille deux nouveaux professeurs d’astrophysique. Laurence Perreault Levasseur et Yashar Hezaveh se sont joints au groupe d’astrophysique du Département de physique de l’Université de Montréal en aout…
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Des chercheurs du CRAQ se distinguent au concours « La preuve par l’image », de l’Acfas
Deux images soumises par des chercheurs du Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec ont été sélectionnées par le jury du concours La preuve par l’image, de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), et font désormais…
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Matt Dobbs awarded 2019 Killam Research Fellowship in Natural Sciences
McGill University astrophysicist and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) Matt Dobbs is the recipient of the 2019 Killam Research Fellowship in Natural Sciences. Dobbs, a professor in McGill’s Department of…
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Annabelle Richard-Laferrière est la récipiendaire de la bourse Gates Cambridge
Annabelle Richard-Laferrière, membre du CRAQ et finissante au programme de maîtrise en physique sous la supervision de la professeure Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, a reçu la prestigieuse bourse Gates Cambridge Scholarship pour poursuivre son doctorat en astrophysique à…
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Professor Nicolas Cowan receives the 2019 Harvey B. Richer Gold medal from CASCA
Professor Nicolas Cowan of McGill University, and member of the CRAQ, is the 2019 recipient of the inaugural Harvey B. Richer Gold Medal from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). Professor Cowan is an established leader in…
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Too much sodium turns a star blue
An international team of astrophysicists, led by researchers from the Université de Montréal, has identified a star on which a sodium-rich asteroid has crashed, drastically transforming its apparent color. These results raise many questions about the…
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L’enseignant chercheur Martin Aubé invité à Bruxelles
L’enseignant et chercheur au Département de physique du Cégep de Sherbrooke Martin Aubé prononcera la conférence d’ouverture à l’occasion de la cérémonie soulignant le 100e anniversaire de l’Union astronomique internationale qui se tiendra au palais des…
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Fortuitous discovery of a new galaxy in the cosmic neighbourhood
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study some of the oldest and faintest stars in the globular cluster NGC 6752 have made an unexpected finding. They discovered a dwarf galaxy in our cosmic backyard,…
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Martin Aubé reçoit le prix Reconnaissance de l’ARC
Grand défenseur du ciel étoilé, Martin Aubé, enseignant et chercheur au Département de physique du Cégep de Sherbrooke, professeur associé à l’Université Bishop’s de même qu’à l’Université de Sherbrooke et membre du Centre de recherche en…
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Canada’s CHIME telescope detects second repeating fast radio burst
A Canadian-led team of scientists, including CRAQ members at McGill University, has found the second repeating fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded. FRBs are short bursts of radio waves coming from far outside our Milky Way…
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Thousands of stars turning into crystals
The first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, and our skies are filled with them. The discovery, led by Dr Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay from the…
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Professor Daryl Haggard and her team are in the 2018 top 10 discoveries of Quebec Science.
The study of a team from McGill University, on the aftermath of a cosmic smash-up that shook the universe, was selected in Québec Science magazine’s annual list of the top 10 scientific discoveries in Quebec. The research…
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The CRAQ goes to space!
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who reached the International Space Station (ISS) today, takes with him a small part of the CRAQ. During a mission in space, astronauts often have the possibility of carrying small personal items…
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A new star in the sky
The BRITE-Constellation satellites have observed the outburst of a nova in the southern constellation Carina (ship’s keel) with unprecedented time resolution On March 22, 2018, Dr. Rainer Kuschnig, Operations Manager of BRITE-Constellation at Graz University of…
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Martin Aubé receives the Galileo Prize from the International Dark-Sky Association
Our colleague Martin Aubé from Cégep de Sherbrooke, associate professor at Bishop’s University and Université de Sherbrooke and member of the CRAQ, is the 2018 recipient of the Galileo Prize of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)….
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Professor Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo is appointed to the College of the Royal Society of Canada
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo of the Université de Montréal (UdeM), and member of the CRAQ, for her appointment to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of…
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Une petite fête pour souligner les 40 ans de l’OMM
Le vendredi 7 septembre dernier, l’OMM soulignait le 40e anniversaire de son inauguration. À cette occasion, la grande famille de l’Observatoire s’est rassemblée au sommet du Mont-Mégantic pour se souvenir des moments importants qui ont marqué…
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Marie-Eve Desrochers, une étudiante du CRAQ, reçoit un Prix Relève étoile Louis Berlinguet
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) félicite Marie-Eve Desrochers qui s’est méritée un Prix Relève étoile Louis Berlinguet des Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). Marie-Eve Desrochers complète présentement une maitrise sous la…
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Three new professors join the CRAQ
The Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) welcomes three new professors. Hsin Cynthia Chang, Adrian Liu and Jonathan Sievers joined the astrophysics group at McGill University, in August 2018. Hsin Cynthia Chiang is an…
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The CRAQ looks up to the sky at the Eureka Festival!
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) was present at the 2018 Eureka Festival! Enthusiastic CRAQ students took part in this 12th edition of the festival which took place in the Montreal Old Port…
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Magnetic fields at the heart of the Pillars of Creation
An international team, known as the “BISTRO Consortium” (B-Fields in Star-Forming Region Observations) including Pierre Bastien, professor at the Université de Montréal and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), has for…
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Lisa Dang, étudiante du CRAQ, obtient le Prix Relève étoile Louis-Berlinguet
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) félicite Lisa Dang, une étudiante du CRAQ et présentement doctorante en astronomie et astrophysique à l’Université McGill, qui s’est méritée le Prix Relève étoile Louis Berlinguet des…
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First light for SPIRou!
After four months of hard work by engineers and scientists from France, Canada, Switzerland and Taiwan, and over a decade in the making, an important milestone has been reached for SPIRou, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)’s new…
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Noemi Giammichele, une ancienne étudiante du CRAQ, reçoit le Prix Relève étoile Louis Berlinguet
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) félicite Noemi Giammichele, une ancienne étudiante du CRAQ et présentement stagiaire postdoctorale en astronomie et astrophysique à l’Université Toulouse-III-Paul-Sabatier, qui s’est méritée le Prix Relève étoile Louis…
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Revealing the complexity of the nebula in NGC 1275 with SITELLE
Four researchers from the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ), PhD student Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais and Professor Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo from the Université de Montréal as well as Professor Laurent Drissen and the postdoctoral researcher Thomas…
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Professor René Doyon receives a Killam Research Fellowship
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates René Doyon of the Université de Montréal, member of the CRAQ and director of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets…
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Happy birthday OMM!
This year, the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM) turns 40. More precisely, during the night of 27 to 28 of April 1978, at 9:30 PM, the first photons officially “touched” the 1.6 m mirror of the Richtey-Chrétien…
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Olivier Hernandez: the new director of the Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan
Olivier Hernandez, director of operations for the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic and iREx coordinator, will start a new position as the director of the Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan as of May 1st, 2018. M Hernandez had an…
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Deux astrophysiciennes du CRAQ à TLMEP
La professeure Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo et la coordonnatrice scientifique de l’iREx Marie-Eve Naud discutent de la carrière de l’astrophysicien Stephen Hawking, décédé cette semaine, dans le cadre de l’émission « Tout le monde en parle » du…
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A ‘hot Jupiter’ with unusual winds
Puzzling finding raises new questions about atmospheric physics of giant planets The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn’t where astrophysicists expected it to be – a discovery that challenges scientists’ understanding…
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Neutron-star merger yields new puzzle for astrophysicists
Afterglow from cosmic smash-up continues to brighten, confounding expectations The afterglow from the distant neutron-star merger detected last August has continued to brighten – much to the surprise of astrophysicists studying the aftermath of the massive…
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A repeating fast radio burst from an extreme environment
Extragalactic source of radio-wave flashes resides in a powerfully magnetized astrophysical region New detections of radio waves from a repeating fast radio burst have revealed an astonishingly potent magnetic field in the source’s environment, indicating that…
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Journey to the Center of a White-Dwarf Star
A stellar core that challenges predictions: here is the result of the first cartography of the interior of a white-dwarf star performed by an international team lead by a young researcher from the Institut de Recherche…
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$650,000 in research and infrastructure funds for the study of exoplanetes at Bishop’s University
The possibility that our own galaxy contains Earth-like planets that may be able to support life has gone from science fiction to a very distinct possibility! Bishop’s University is proud to welcome Dr. Jason Rowe, a…
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Professor René Doyon receives the Urgel-Archambault Prize from Acfas
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates René Doyon of the University of Montreal, member of the CRAQ and director of the Mont-Mégantic Observatory (OMM) and the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx),…
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The nanosats of the BRITE space mission reveal the origins of fundamental structures in the wind of the supergiant star Zeta Puppis
A Canadian-led international team of astronomers recently discovered for the first time observational evidence in how some features at the surface of the hot massive supergiant star Zeta Puppis induce the formation of fundamental structures in…
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The image entitled Flamboyant Galaxy wins the public award for the 2017 edition of the Acfas “La preuve par l’image” competition.
An unprecedented image of the Perseus galaxy cluster submitted by Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo and Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, both researcher at the Université de Montréal and the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec, and by the scientific communicator…
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Latest gravitational-wave detection opens new era for astronomy
Neutron-star mergers could shed light on origin of universe’s heavy elements The discovery of a gravitational wave caused by the merger of two neutron stars, reported today by a collaboration of scientists from around the world,…
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Professor Daryl Haggard Receives Prestigious ICRA-Azrieli Fellowship
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates Professor Daryl Haggard, of McGill University, for a prestigious scholarship offered jointly by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and the Azrieli Foundation. Professor Haggard…
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NASA’s Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet
Alien world traps most of the visible light falling into its atmosphere NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet outside our solar system that looks as black as fresh asphalt because it eats light rather…
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New Canadian telescope will map largest volume of space ever surveyed
Radio telescope will help the world’s astronomers, physicists and scientists unravel today’s biggest cosmic mysteries A Canadian effort to build one of the most innovative radio telescopes in the world will open the universe to a…
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Nearly 9,000 people watch the eclipse at McGill University!
The public observation activity of the Sun eclipse of 21 August, organized by McGill Astronomers, attracted an impressive crowd on campus. Read the detailed report here: McGill_eclipse_2017_report. The CRAQ thanks Kelly Lepo for the organization and…
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CRAQ astronomer, Anthony Moffat, help Recover Nova First Spotted 600 Years Ago by Korean Astrologers
On a cold March night in Seoul almost 600 years ago, Korean astrologers spotted a bright new star in the tail of the constellation Scorpius. It was seen for just 14 days before fading from view….
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Great success for the eclipse observation at Université de Montréal!
iREx and CRAQ astronomers and students welcomed nearly 1,000 people at UdeM to observe the great North American solar eclipse of 21 August. Members of the academic community as well as the general public gathered on…
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Three CRAQ researchers landed an important FRQNT Team research project grant to study black holes
An inter-university team, led by Professor Julie Hlvacek-Larrondo, from Université de Montréal, and Professors Daryl Haggard and Tracy Webb, from McGill University, successfully landed an important FRQNT Team research project grant to study black holes. The…
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Scientists Solve the Mystery of Blinking Brown Dwarfs
Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter, have powerful winds and clouds — specifically, hot patchy clouds made of iron droplets and silicate dust. Scientists recently realized these…
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The CRAQ welcomes two new professors
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) welcomes two new professors in astrophysics. Björn Benneke has joined the Université de Montréal’s astrophysics group in June while Jason Rowe joined the group at Bishop’s University…
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The secret of magnetic cycles in stars
Using new numerical simulations, scientists from the Center for research in astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) at University of Montréal, CEA and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics can explain why the Sun’s magnetic field reverses every eleven…
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Astrophysicist and CRAQ collaborator Jean-René Roy is appointed Knight of the Ordre national du Québec
Jean-René Roy is an astrophysicist and associate professor in the Département de physique, génie physique et optique at Université Laval. He received his PhD in astronomy from the University of Western Ontario in 1973. After working…
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CRAQ and CFHT share the stars at the Eureka Festival!
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation (CFHT), were present at the 2017 Eureka Festical! Enthusiastic CRAQ students took part in this 11th edition of the festival which took…
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Paul Charbonneau, professor at UdeM and CRAQ researcher, publishes an introductory work on the modeling of complex system
NATURAL COMPLEXITY: A Modeling Handbook, by Paul Charbonneau, provides a short, hands-on introduction to the science of complexity using simple computational models of natural complex systems—with models and exercises drawn from physics, chemistry, geology, and biology….
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A CRAQ researcher makes a very rare discovery: Failed star orbits a dead star every 71 minutes
An international team of astronomers using data from the rejuvenated Kepler space telescope have discovered a rare gem: A binary system consisting of a failed star, also known as a brown dwarf, and the remnant of…
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CRAQ’s researchers used the VLA to get new insight into galaxy cluster’s spectacular “mini-halo”
An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo and her PhD student Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, both from the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) and Université de Montréal, used the National Science Foundation’s…
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CRAQ’s researcher Pierre Bergeron is part of the team of astronomers that developed a new use for a century-old relativity experiment to measure a white dwarf’s mass
An international team of astronomers, including Professor Pierre Bergeron from the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec and Université de Montréal, used the sharp vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test…
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Jason Rowe receives an award for best scientific poster at CASCA’s Annual meeting in Edmonton
CRAQ researcher Jason Rowe received an award for best science poster at the last annual meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA), held from May 30 to June 1, 2017, at the University of Alberta in…
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Two researchers from the CRAQ contribute to the discovery of a giant wave rolling through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster
Combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spanning some 200,000 light-years,…
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David Lafrenière and Pierre Chastenay receive prestigious honors from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
David Lafrenière David Lafrenière of the Université de Montréal, and member of the CRAQ, is the 2017 recipient of the inaugural Harvey B. Richer Gold Medal from CASCA. David Lafrenière earned his PhD in 2007 from…
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Professor Victoria Kaspi receives the Prix d’excellence 2017 FRQNT
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates Professor Victoria Kaspi, of McGill University, who won the 2017 Prix d’excellence of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Professor Kaspi…
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The Mysterious Star
Observations obtained by an international team of astronomers, including Laurent Drissen, Thomas Martin and Alexandre Alarie from Université Laval and members of the CRAQ, could explain the sudden appearance of a “guest star”, observed more than…
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L’Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic recevra 1 M$.
L’Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic recevra un financement de 1 M$ du gouvernement du Canada pour un projet de développement technologique et scientifique, et pour l’entretien de ses installations. La ministre du Développement international et de la Francophonie…
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Iota Orionis: pulsating beacon of a constellation
Using the world’s smallest astronomical satellites, researchers detect the biggest stellar heartbeat ever MONTREAL, March 8, 2017 – Astronomers from the BRITE (BRight Target Explorer) Constellation project and Ritter Observatory have discovered a repeating one-per-cent spike…
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Deux astrophysiciens du CRAQ à TLMEP
Robert Lamontagne et Marie-Eve Naud discutent de la découverte récente d’un système planétaire, formé de sept planètes semblables à la Terre, autour de l’étoile TRAPPIST-1 dans le cadre de l’émission « Tout le monde en parle »…
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Professor Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo is part of an international team to understand how black-hole powered jets are forging fuel used in star formation.
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a surprising connection between a supermassive black hole and the galaxy where it resides. Powerful radio jets from the black hole — which normally suppress star…
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Massive comet-like object pollutes the atmosphere of a white dwarf
Scientists have witnessed, for the first time, a massive, comet-like object being ripped apart and scattered in the atmosphere of a white dwarf, the burned-out remains of a sun-like star. The destroyed object had a chemical…
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Professor Laurent Drissen receives the Synergie Award (category “partnership with a large company”) from NSERC
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is awarding the Synergy Award for Innovation 2017 to Professor Laurent Drissen of Université Laval and member of the Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec…
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Bonne nouvelle pour l’environnement – la ville de Montréal réduit l’augmentation de la pollution lumineuse.
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) et l’Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM) se réjouissent de l’annonce faite mercredi le 18 janvier par la Ville de Montréal dans le dossier de l’éclairage urbain. Dans son…
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Homing in on source of mysterious cosmic radio bursts
Astronomers have pinpointed for the first time the home galaxy of a Fast Radio Burst, moving scientists a step closer to detecting what causes these powerful but fleeting pulses of radio waves. FRBs, which last just…
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Le professeur Patrick Dufour figure dans le top 10 des découvertes de l’année 2016 de Québec Science.
Une équipe internationale d’astronomes a découvert qu’un objet céleste rocheux de grande taille se désagrège et tourbillonne dans une spirale funeste autour d’une étoile naine blanche. La découverte confirme une théorie de longue date sur les…
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Professor Victoria Kaspi named Companion of the Order of Canada
The Center for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec (CRAQ) congratulates Professor Victoria Kaspi of McGill University on her appointment as Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest level within the Order, on December 30, 2016….
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Eta Carinae: Violent stellar wind collision in the binary star monster
Eta Carinae: Violent stellar wind collision in the binary star monster Eta Carinae is a massive, bright stellar binary system. The more massive component is one of the largest and most luminous stars known. In the…
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Jonathan Gagné reçoit le prix 2016 de l’ADÉSAQ
Jonathan Gagné, membre de l’Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes de l’Université de Montréal, a reçu le prix 2016 de l’Association des doyens des études supérieures au Québec (ADÉSAQ). Le prix, remis conjointement avec le Fonds…
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La vie des étoiles au Festival Eurêka
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) était présent à l’édition 2016 du Festival Eurêka! C’est avec enthousiasme que des étudiants du CRAQ ont pris part à la 10e édition du Festival Eurêka! qui…
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Jason Rowe awarded NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for exoplanet research
CRAQ’s researcher, iREx member and Bishop’s University adjunct professor, Jason Rowe, is the recipient of NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his contribution as a team member for the Kepler mission, one of the most successful…
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Planet-devouring star reveals possible limestone crumbs
A group of researchers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered a planet-like body that may have been encrusted in limestone and is having its surface layers devoured by its deceased host star. In addition…
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Prix Excelle Science pour Annabelle Richard-Laferrière
Annabelle Richard-Laferrière, étudiante au département de physique de l’Université de Montréal, est l’une des lauréates d’un prix Excelle Science du concours Chapeau, les filles!, décerné par le Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec….
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Le professeur Gilles Fontaine reçoit la médaille de l’ACP
L’Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes (ACP) décerne la Médaille de l’ACP pour contributions exceptionnelles à la physique 2016 à Gilles Fontaine, Université de Montréal, pour son apport à la compréhension des étoiles de type naines…
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Jonathan Gagné receives the 2016 Plaskett Medal
The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) awarded the J.S Plaskett Medal for 2016 to Jonathan Gagné for the best doctoral thesis in astrophysics in Canada. Jonathan Gagné completed his…
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McGill astronomers observe mysterious repeating cosmic radio bursts
Astronomers for the first time have detected repeating short bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source that is likely located well beyond the edge of our Milky Way galaxy. The findings indicate that these “fast…
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Vicky Kaspi wins Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has named McGill University astrophysicist Vicky Kaspi as this year’s recipient of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, NSERC’s highest honour, in…
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Yashar Hezaveh receives the 2015 prestigious Hubble Fellowship
Yashar Hezaveh gets a prestigious «Hubble fellowship.» «Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowships», a program of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), are awarded to postdoctoral researchers whose research is deemed exceptional and are in line with NASA’s activities…
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Paul Charbonneau reçoit le Prix d’excellence en enseignement de la Faculté des arts et des sciences
MONTRÉAL le 4 novembre 2015 – Paul Charbonneau, professeur au Département de physique de l’Université de Montréal, membre du CRAQ, et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche de l’Université de Montréal en astrophysique solaire, a reçu…
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McGill launches centre for space research
$1 million donation from Trottier Family Foundation to fund McGill Space Institute fellowships Montreal’s emergence as a leading hub for space research takes another big step forward with the launch today of the recently created McGill…
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Disintegrating Asteroid is Raining Dust Onto a White Dwarf Star
Astronomers announced today that they have spotted a large, rocky object disintegrating in its death spiral around a distant white dwarf star. The discovery also confirms a long-standing theory behind the source of white dwarf “pollution”…
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Un million $ pour trouver de la vie extraterrestre
La Fondation Trottier fait don d’un million de dollars à l’Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes de l’Université de Montréal, dont le lancement a lieu aujourd’hui. Les chercheurs de l’Université de Montréal sont déterminés à être…
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Marilyn Latour récipiendaire d’une très prestigieuse bourse Alexander von Humbolt
Marilyn Latour a reçu une très prestigieuse bourse postdoctorale de la Fondation Alexander von Humboldt qui lui permettra, à partir de septembre 2015, de poursuivre son apprentissage au sein du groupe d’astrophysique stellaire du Professeur Ulrich…
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Des astronomes photographient une exoplanète géante gazeuse plus jeune que Jupiter
Une des meilleures façons de comprendre comment notre système solaire a évolué est d’étudier des systèmes extrasolaires beaucoup plus jeunes que le notre. C’est ce qu’ont accompli des astrophysiciens de l’institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes…
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Alexandre Fortier remporte deux prix au Congrès annuel de la CASCA à Hamilton.
Alexandre Fortier de l’Université de Montréal a reçu deux prix pour la meilleure affiche scientifique lors du dernier congrès annuel de la Société canadienne d’astronomie (CASCA) qui a eu lieu du 24 au 27 mai…
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La professeure Victoria Kaspi reçoit le prix Killam en sciences naturelles
Victoria Kaspi, membre du CRAQ et professeure à l’Université McGill reconnue internationalement pour ses recherches de pointe sur les étoiles à neutrons et les pulsars, a reçu le prix Killam, une des plus prestigieuses récompenses canadiennes…
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Université Laval and ABB deliver a unique measurement instrument for astronomy
Université Laval and ABB announce today the final phase of a major development project for an astronomical measurement instrument offering unsurpassed precision. Named SITELLE (Wide-field Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer), this instrument integrates several advanced technologies that…
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Jonathan Gagné est le récipiendaire du Carl Sagan Fellowship
Jonathan Gagné, doctorant à l’Institut de recherche sur les exoplanètes (iREx) à l’Université de Montréal et membre étudiant du Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), est le premier Québécois à recevoir le prestigieux «…
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Anne Archibald est la récipiendaire de la médaille Plaskett 2015
La Société canadienne d’astronomie (CASCA) et la Société royale d’astronomie du Canada (SRAC) ont attribué le prix de la meilleure thèse de doctorat en astrophysique au Canada à Anne Archibald en lui décernant la médaille J.S….
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Marilyn Latour reçoit la Médaille d’or 2015 du Gouverneur Général
Marilyn Latour s’est méritée la Médaille d’or 2015 du Gouverneur Général pour l’excellence de son dossier académique au cours de ses études aux cycles supérieurs à l’Université de Montréal. Marilyn a poursuivi ses études de maitrise…
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Top-10 of this year’s scientific discoveries by Québec Science.
Marie-Eve Naud, étudiante au doctorat à l’Université de Montréal, figure dans le top 10 des découvertes de l’année 2014 de Québec Science. L’équipe, menée par Marie-Eve Naud, étudiante au doctorat au Département de physique de l’Université…
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Dr Anne Archibald awarded APS’ 2014 Prize for top PhD thesis in Astrophysics
McGill graduate Anne Archibald has been awarded the American Physical Society’s 2014 Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in Astrophysics for her PhD thesis The End of Accretion: The X-ray Binary/Millisecond Pulsar Transition Object PSR J1023+0038 which she…
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Prix ACFAS: Preuve par l’image 2014
Nicolas Lawson et Paul Charbonneau de l’Université de Montréal reçoivent tous deux le 3ème prix Acfas 2014 du concours La preuve par l’image. Nicolas Lawson est étudiant à la maîtrise sous la direction de Paul Charbonneau…
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Une nouvelle professeure en astrophysique extragalactique se joint au CRAQ
Imaginez un trou noir de la taille du Système Solaire. Est-ce possible ? Un tel objet peut-il vraiment exister ? La réponse est simple : oui. En fait, de tels trous noirs, appelés trous noirs supermassifs,…
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Two low-cost, car battery-sized Canadian space telescopes
Nanosatellites will form a unique “constellation” aimed at understanding the ecology of the Universe Two nanosatellites were launched from Yasny, Russia, at 15:11:11 Eastern Daylight Time today by Anthony Moffat, of the University of Montreal and…
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Le Soleil actif au Festival Eurêka!
Le Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) était présent au Festival Eurêka! afin d’offrir aux curieux de tous les âges l’occasion d’observer le Soleil sous son meilleur jour. C’est avec fierté que le CRAQ…
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Trois étudiants du CRAQ se démarquent au Congrès annuel de la CASCA à Québec.
Alexandre Alarie de l’Université Laval et Cynthia Genest-Beaulieu de l’Université de Montréal ont respectivement reçu le prix de la meilleure présentation orale et de la meilleure affiche scientifique lors du dernier congrès annuel de la Société…
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Odd planet, so far from its star…
An international team led by Université de Montréal researchers has discovered and photographed a new planet 155 light years from our solar system. A gas giant has been added to the short list of exoplanets discovered…
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Prix Dunlap de la CASCA en instrumentation astronomique
Matt Dobbs est le premier récipiendaire du prix Dunlap de la CASCA en instrumentation astronomique Professeur au Département de physique de l’Université McGill, et également membre du Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), Matt…
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La prestigieuse Médaille Herzberg est décernée au professeur Matt Dobbs de l’Université McGill
L’Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes (ACP) est heureuse d’annoncer que la Médaille Herzberg 2014 sera décernée au professeur Matt Dobbs pour son leadership dans la conception de projets, la mise au point de lectures et…
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Martin Aubé est le co-récipiendaire du Prix d’excellence 2014 du FRQNT
Madame Maryse Lassonde, directrice scientifique du Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT), a dévoilé, au cours de la Journée annuelle de la recherche du FRQNT, les deux récipiendaires du Prix d’excellence 2014….
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Un pulsar dans un système stellaire triple comme nouveau laboratoire de la relativité générale d’Einstein
Une équipe internationale de chercheurs, dont des astrophysiciens de l’Université McGill, atteignent les confins de la théorie de la relativité générale d’Einstein en découvrant un pulsar milliseconde en orbite autour de deux naines blanches. Ce système…
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World’s Most Powerful Planet Finder Turns its Eye to the Sky
Gemini Planet Imager Obtains First Light Images MONTREAL, January 7, 2014 – After nearly a decade of development, construction, and testing, the world’s most advanced instrument for directly imaging and analyzing planets around other stars is…
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Top 10 des découvertes de l’année 2013 de Québec Science.
Les recherches de Yashar Hezaveh, étudiant à l’Université McGill et membre du CRAQ, dans le top 10 des découvertes de l’année 2013 de Québec Science. L’équipe, composée de chercheurs de McGill dont l’étudiant au doctorat Yashar…
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New tool may unveil inhabitable worlds
SPIRou, a near-infrared spectropolarimeter, will also investigate the birth of Sun-like stars and their planets Funding for SPIRou, a spectropolarimeter and a high-precision velocimeter optimized for both the detection of habitable Earth twins orbiting around nearby…
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Bourse d’excellence académique QS 2013
François-René Lachapelle est le lauréat de la bourse d’excellence académique QS 2013 Cette bourse décernée par Quacquarelli Symonds Limited, artisan du classement mondial des universités, dont la valeur est de 10 000 dollars, a pour but…
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Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay récipiendaire d’un très prestigieux Hubble Fellowship
Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay est le premier étudiant issu d’une université Québécoise à recevoir le prestigieux « Hubble fellowship ». Le programme « Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship », du Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), est offert aux chercheurs postdoctoraux…
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Bourse du programme de stages internationaux du Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies.
Sean Griffin (CRAQ et Université McGill) est le récipiendaire d’une bourse du programme de stages internationaux du Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies. Grâce à cette bourse, Sean poursuivra une collaboration entre l’Université…
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Première observation de la distribution d’hydrogène neutre d’une galaxie avec le radio télescope KAT-7, en Afrique du sud
Une équipe d’astronomes dirigée par Claude Carignan, professeur émérite au Département de physique de l’Université de Montréal, membre du CRAQ et détenteur d’une chaire de recherche à l’Université de Cape Town, a réalisé la première observation…
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Discovery of the candidate most massive star
An international research team, that includes Anthony Moffat, Professor Emeritus at the physics department of the Université de Montréal and member of the CRAQ, observed a binary star which birth mass was of the order of…
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McGill Researchers from the CRAQ use ALMA to rewrite the history of Universe’s stellar baby boom
Observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show that the most vigorous bursts of star birth in the cosmos took place much earlier than previously thought. The results are published in a set of papers…
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Une galaxie « éco-certifiée » découverte par des chercheurs de McGill et du CRAQ
C’est grâce aux données des télescopes spatiaux WISE et Hubble de la NASA, et de l’interféromètre et radiotélescope IRAM en France qu’une équipe de chercheurs internationale dirigée par James Geach, stagiaire postdoctoral à l’Université McGill et…
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Astrophysicist Paul Charbonneau writes a book on “Solar and Stellar Dynamos”
Paul Charbonneau, professor at the physics department of the Université de Montréal and member of the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec, writes a manual on the theories of Solar and stellar dynamos. This book…
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The nature and technology university research centres occupy a significant place in the world
The nature and technology university research centres are participating in the progress of scientific knowledge, the development of local expertise, and in the attraction of international experts in all fields of natural science and engineering. If…
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Robert Lamontagne receives the grade of Knight from the Order of La Pléiade
Robert Lamontagne, executive director of the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic, lecturer at the physics department of the Université de Montréal, and member of the CRAQ, is one of the recipient of the grade of Knight from the…
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Two prestigious prizes awarded to Victoria Kaspi from McGill University
Victoria Kaspi, professor at the physics department of McGill University and member of the CRAQ, was awarded two prestigious awards in February. The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) awarded the Peter G. Marting Prize to Prof. Kaspi….
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Top-10 of this year’s scientific discoveries by Québec Science.
Gilles Fontaine, professor at the Université de Montréal and member of the CRAQ, in the top-10 of this year’s scientific discoveries by Québec Science. Gilles Fontaine, professor at the Université de Montréal and member of the…
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Recipient of a scholarship from the international internship program of the FRQ-NT
Sebastien Guillot (McGill University, CRAQ) is the recipient of a scholarship from the international internship program of the FRQ-NT With this scholarship, Sebastien will collaborate with the astrophysics group at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics…
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CHIME Telescope project aims to shed new light on evolution of universe
Astrophysicists from the McGill and the CRAQ will participate, with other Canadian astronomers, in the understanding of the mysteries of ‘dark energy’. The collaborative project, known as the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), is a…
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Dorian Pirot is the recipient of the 2012 Eurêka! public prize from the ACFAS
Dorion Pirot is the recipient of the 2012 Eurêka! public prize from the Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS) for his scientific illustration of the magnetic Sun. The Sun is an immense sphere of highly-conducting gas….
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Martin receives is awarded the “Prix Raymond-Gervais”
Martin Aubé, professor at the physics department of the CEGEP of Sherbrooke, and associate member of the CRAQ, was awarded the “Prix Raymond-Gervais” for his exceptional contribution to the teaching of science and technology at the…
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Astronomers from the Université de Montréal and the CRAQ discovered an errant planet, lost in space
An errant planet, not orbiting any star, has been discovered with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), by a team of researchers from the…
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Two new faculty positions for the CRAQ at the Université de Montréal
The Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ) recently recruited two new astrophysics professors. David Lafrenière and Patrick Dufour are joining the astrophysics group of the physics department at the Université de Montréal (UdeM). David…
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The Faculté des Etudes Supérieures et Postdoctorales (FESP) of the Université de Montréal (UdeM) awarded the 2012 prize for the best doctorate thesis in fundamental sciences.
Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay receives the prize for the best doctorate thesis from the Faculté des Etudes Supérieures et Postdoctorales (FESP) of the Université de Montréal. The Faculté des Etudes Supérieures et Postdoctorales (FESP) of the Université de…
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After the Canadarm, the Canadeyes for the future Webb Telescope
Cutting-edge Canadian space technology directed by Université de Montréal’s René Doyon Two instruments whose development was led by by the University of Montreal’s Professor René Doyon, known by the acronyms NIRISS and FGS, will be integrated…
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The Observatoire Mont-Mégantic and researchers from the CRAQ witness the upcoming disintegration of a planet
A research team led by researchers from the MIT and NASA, including two researchers from the CRAQ (Bishop’s University and Université Laval), demonstrated the upcoming disintegration of a planet around its host star. This cataclysmic event,…
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Researchers from the CRAQ discover a galaxy-packed filament using data from the Herschel Space Observatory
A team led by McGill researchers (also members of the CRAQ) has discovered, using the Herschel Space Observatory, a giant, galaxy-packed filament ablaze with billions of new stars. The filament connects two clusters of galaxies that,…
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A researcher from the CRAQ helps NASA open a new window on the Universe
NASA is making final preparations to launch its Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, NuSTAR. The mission, which will use X-ray vision to hunt for buried black holes, ultra-dense neutron stars, and supernova remnants, is scheduled to launch…
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The Transit of Venus in front of the Sun: Clouds did not spoil the show!
More than 750 people on the campus of the Université de Montréal Astrophysicists from the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), the Université de Montréal, McGill University, the Montreal planetarium, and the amateur astronomers…
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Bernard Malenfant receives the 2012 UdeM Principal’s Award
The first edition of the UdeM Principal’s Award was attributed to the administrative and support staff members of the Université de Montréal (UdeM). The ceremony was held on June 5th 2012, at the cafeteria Chez Valère…
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The Transit of Venus in front of the Sun: a must-see at the Université de Montréal
The Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), the Université de Montréal, McGill University, the Montreal planetarium, Espace pour la Vie, the Société d’Astronomie du Planétarium de Montréal, the Fédération des Astronomes Amateurs du Québec…
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Two scholarships for the FRQ-NT international internships for the CRAQ
Seyed-Yashar Hezavehe, from McGill University, and Alexandre Alarie, from Université Laval, both received a scholarship of the FRQ-NT international internships program. With this scholarship, Seyed-Yashar Hezavehe will collaborate with the astrophysics group at CalTech (USA), to…
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Explore wonders of the cosmos at McGill University
Fascinated by the night sky? Intrigued by the wonders of outer space? A series of public outreach activities organized by the McGill Astrophysics and Cosmology Group now offers the opportunity to learn from researchers about phenomena…
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Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay receives the 2012 Plaskett Medal
The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) awarded the J.S Plaskett Medal 2012 to Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay for the best 2012 Canadian PhD thesis in astrophysics. Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay finished his PhD…