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 Technology in… Read More
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 the Royal… Read More
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 direction du… Read More
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 the first… Read More
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 Berlinguet des… Read More
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 (iREx), who… Read More
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 important role… Read More
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 18 mars… Read More
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 en Astrophysique… Read More