The constellations: outlines for finding your way in the sky
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July 11, 2022
On a beautiful cloudless night, what’s more magnificent than the myriad of stars populating the celestial sphere. Constellations are the easiest...Read more
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How did meteorites become extraterrestrial objects?
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August 16, 2023
For a long time, in the West, people didn't believe that meteorites fell from the sky. It took a daring scientist and a meteorite shower in the town...Read more
The day the Concorde chased a solar eclipse
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June 13, 2023
A total eclipse of the sun lasts only a few minutes. Now imagine being able to observe an eclipse for 74 minutes! That’s what the members of a...Read more
Emmy Noether, the mathematician who demonstrated general relativity
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April 25, 2023
Emmy Noether is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians. Nevertheless, she lived in a time when science and mathematics were considered to be...Read more
The lasers that changed the life of Donna Strickland
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April 12, 2023
The work of women scientists is often too little known and publicized. They fail to get the proper credit, unlike their male colleagues. The story of...Read more
Lise Meitner, who helped unlock the secrets of the nucleus of atoms
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March 14, 2023
The physicist Lise Meitner discovered nuclear fission, but her work has not gained the recognition it deserves. Some of her male colleagues reaped...Read more
Researcher anecdotes: cosmic predictions
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March 8, 2023
Auriane Egal is an astrophysicist and researcher at the Planétarium. It sometimes happens that people confuse her area of expertise with astrology,...Read more
Vera Cooper Rubin, the woman who discovered the dark side of the Universe
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February 14, 2023
The astronomer Vera Rubin isn’t a name to the general public. Nevertheless, she made some major discoveries, which became important research topics...Read more
Mary Jackson, a pioneer who opened the doors to space, despite segregation
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January 4, 2023
Mary Jackson played an important role in the space race in the 1960s. A talented mathematician, she was the first Afro-American woman to become an...Read more
Katherine Johnson, the mathematician who enabled NASA to travel to space
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November 22, 2022
Katherine Johnson played an important role in the space race contested by the United States and the USSR in the 1950s and ’60s. It was her abilities...Read more
