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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The passion of discovery
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April 29, 2024
I have a genuine passion for my work, fueled by my thirst for discovery and my curiosity for the unknown, sparked at a very early age by science...Read more
Total eclipses of the Sun: a pretext for a trip!
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April 3, 2024
The total eclipse of the Sun on April 8, 2024, observable in southern Québec, is an opportunity to reflect on the rarity of these grand-scale...Read more
From your balcony right up to the stars!
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February 28, 2024
The Earth is our natural spaceship, and carries us along on its journey through space. Its movements provide the rhythm for our measurement of time,...Read more
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
