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 astrophysique du Québec (CRAQ), a reçu le prix Reconnaissance de l’Association pour la recherche au collégial (ARC) pour avoir […]
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 galaxy. Scientists believe FRBs emanate from powerful astrophysical phenomena billions of light years away. The CHIME telescope incorporates four […]
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 University of Warwick’s and Professor Gilles Fontaine from Université de Montréal, also member of the Centre for Research in […]
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 led by Professor Daryl Haggard and postdoctoral researchers John Ruan and Melania Nynka, all members of the CRAQ, shows […]