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 Université de Montréal (UdeM) and their european colleagues. “This type of young and cold planet, while predicted by astrophysicists, […]
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 Lafrenière was the first to join the astrophysics group at the UdeM in June 2011. David obtained his PhD […]
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 Montréal (UdeM) awarded the 2012 prize for the best doctorate thesis in fundamental sciences to Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay […]