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 size of Neptune around the young star AU Microscopii. Astrophysicists have been searching for planets in this system, which […]
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 2019 Simon Blouin’s thesis focuses on the modeling of cool white dwarf star atmospheres. During his research, he used […]