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. This prize recognizes the exceptional contributions of a CASCA member, or of an astronomer working in Canada. It is […]
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 CRAQ, in the top-10 of this year’s scientific discoveries by Québec Science. Gilles Fontaine, his research team at the […]
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 (JILA), in Boulder, Colorado. Sebastien will work with Dr. Rosalba Perna, a world-renowned researcher in the fields of neutron […]
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 novel radio telescope designed to study the structure of the very early Universe, and to map matter in the […]
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. Because of the high temperature of the Sun, the gas is in a plasma form where the electrons are […]
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 college level. Martin Aubé was recognized for the great quality of his teaching, his commitment and dedication, his innovative […]
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 […]
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 into the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb for short) that will replace Hubble in 2018. The twin […]