Nathalie Ouellette: a passion for galaxies
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September 30, 2020
Series: An inspiring astrophysicist We’re continuing our series of interviews with Québec women who work in the field of astrophysics, hoping that...Read more
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Two new celestial bodies with strange properties
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September 2, 2020
A team made up of members of the general public and of researchers in astrophysics has just discovered two brown dwarfs with very strange properties...Read more
The 2020 Perseids, a late-evening spectacle
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August 10, 2020
Every year, the month of August brings with it a summer-night classic: the Perseid meteor shower. From August 10 to 14, lovers of the starry sky will...Read more
Perseverance: a rover for exploring the planet Mars
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July 14, 2020
NASA is continuing exploration of the planet Mars by launching the rover Perseverance this summer. The primary goal of this ambitious mission is to...Read more
Laurie Rousseau-Nepton, an Innu out to conquer the stars
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June 24, 2020
Series: An inspiring astrophysicist This is the start of a series of interviews with Québec women who work in astronomy, woman who’ve made a name for...Read more
A celestial treasure buried in Namibia
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May 27, 2020
A century ago, a farmer discovered an enormous rock in the African soil: the Hoba meteorite. Weighing more than 60 tons, it’s the biggest meteorite...Read more
The Great Debate on the nature of galaxies
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May 6, 2020
A century ago, a debate was organized in an attempt to solve the mystery of one of the enigmas of astronomy in that period: what is the nature of...Read more
How universes are created
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January 29, 2020
Just what is a black hole? Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? These are questions that come up regularly when...Read more
Georges Lemaître: one of the Big Bang inventors
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January 22, 2020
Among the scientists who contributed to the elaboration of the Big Bang theory, Mgr. Georges Lemaître is one of the most important. And yet, the...Read more
The planet Mercury has a rendezvous with the Sun
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November 6, 2019
On November 11, 2019, we’ll be witness to a rare phenomenon: the transit of the planet Mercury in front of the Sun. The planet Mercury’s orbit is...Read more
