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Sylvie F Beaulieu PhD
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Astrophysicist/Astrophysicienne - Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic, Université de Montréal.
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6 décembre 2025 – 36 ans après – Souvenir et recueillement

1/2 Nous continuons à nous souvenir des treize étudiantes et d'une membre du personnel de Polytechnique ayant perdu la vie le 6 décembre 1989 et des personnes qui en sont restées meurtries.

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December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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La recrudescence du discours masculiniste devrait-elle faire nous faire craindre un autre attentat contre les femmes?
Se rappeler du 6 décembre sans baisser la garde
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December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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We remember them always.

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Astronomy clubs or physics cafés
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The “author’s copies” problem: I have a couple bound copies of my PhD thesis which made their way back to me after the deaths of the relatives to whom I gave them. What do you do with copies of your own nearly-25-year-old PhD thesis??
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Coupe Vanier | Les Carabins de l’Université de Montréal champions
Les Carabins de l’Université de Montréal sont de nouveaux champions de la Coupe Vanier.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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#COMMUNAUTÉ | 🧠🌎 Des idées qui voyagent loin

Yoshua #Bengio, Vincent Larivière, Jean-Claude Moubarac et Alexandre Prat comptent parmi les #chercheurs les plus cités au monde en 2025. Une fierté pour la #science d’ici!

👉 En savoir plus : liens.umontreal.ca/4oHipRx

#umontreal #recherche #classement
Quatre chercheurs de l’UdeM sont parmi les plus cités au monde
Quatre scientifiques de l’UdeM figurent au classement 2025 de Clarivate, qui réunit les chercheuses et chercheurs les plus cités au monde selon la portée et l’intégrité de leurs travaux.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Reflect Orbital | Quand même le Soleil est à vendre
Du soleil en pleine nuit : c’est ce que promet l’entreprise californienne Reflect Orbital, qui compte lancer d’immenses miroirs en orbite afin de réfléchir la lumière solaire vers la Terre.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Enjoy it while it lasts
October 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Un bolide observé tôt ce matin à l’Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic - caméra Allsky
September 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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La pluie de météores atteindra son paroxysme dans la nuit du 12 au 13 août.
Les Perséides approchent de leur apogée
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August 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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umontreal.ca
#SCIENCES | 🌌🔬 Une avancée canadienne dans la chasse aux #exoplanètes 

#NIRPS, un spectrographe #infrarouge co-développé avec l’équipe de #umontreal, révèle ses premiers résultats. Il traque avec une précision record des mondes habitables invisibles à l’œil nu.👇

#espace #astronomie #infrared #IREx
Dans l’infrarouge, la quête des mondes lointains livre ses premiers résultats
Un nouveau spectrographe infrarouge installé au Chili, le NIRPS, dévoile ses premiers résultats dans la détection d’exoplanètes et de leurs atmosphères.
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July 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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How the Space Shuttles were given better names thanks to Star Trek
The first Space Shuttle was originally going to be named Constitution. US President Gerald Ford agreed to rename it Enterprise – here's how Star Trek fans persuaded him.
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July 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space, remembered for aspirations he held for his country
His blend of keen intelligence and commitment to public service won him respect among both colleagues and rivals
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June 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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lp.ca/tQpV9u?shari... Une bien triste nouvelle - je viens tout juste de terminer de lire son livre - M Garneau a suivi un parcours incroyable mes condoléances à sa famille et ses proches.
L’ancien ministre et astronaute Marc Garneau s’est éteint à l’âge de 76 ans
Premier astronaute canadien à aller dans l’espace en 1984 à bord de la navette Challenger, Marc Garneau, l’ex-ministre des Affaires étrangères et des Transports dans le gouvernement de Justin Trudeau,...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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NEW: #NASAWebb has revisited the iconic Sombrero galaxy, this time in near-infrared light. The galaxy is strikingly different than the recently released mid-infrared view: webbtelescope.pub/4jrp4eW 🔭 🧪
Two observations of the Sombrero galaxy are split diagonally, with Webb’s near-infrared observation at the left and Webb’s mid-infrared observation on the right. The galaxy is a very oblong disk that extends from left to right at an angle, from about 10 o’clock to 5 o’clock. The galaxy’s core is in the center. In the near-infrared image at left, the galaxy’s center glows white and extends above and below the disk. The outer edge of the disk is mottled brown clumps. In the mid-infrared image, the galaxy is light blue and clumpy, like clouds in the sky. There is an inner disk that is clearer, with speckles of stars scattered throughout. The background of space is black, scattered with tiny dots in a range of colors.
June 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Stunning images of Jupiter captured by the Juno spacecraft during a close flyby in October 2018. (view fullscreen)

Credit: NASA/​JPL-Caltech/​SwRI/​MSSS/​Gerald Eichstädt
May 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Every student suicide is a tragedy, but it is a mistake to put the burden of preventing it on universities. Young people who aren’t students deserve to be supported too; they already have a much higher suicide rate. We need a joined-up societal approach.

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Student suicide review says unis must act to stop more deaths
The government wants universities to check the safety of halls and reach out to families after a death.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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One of the biggest issues I faced when trying to help students with mental health issues was the discontinuity in their support when they went home; placing more of the burden on universities rather than national health services just amplifies this issue.
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Invitée spéciale à la rencontre annuelle du Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec: Dr Heïdi Hammel ´Exploring the Solar System with JWST : What we’ve learned and what is still to come ´
May 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Des chercheurs québécois espèrent faire la lumière sur un phénomène peu documenté à ce jour. #intimidation #enseignement
Quand les professeurs d'université s’intimident entre eux
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May 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Welcome back to Earth’s gravity Don Pettit! What a brutal way to celebrate your 70th birthday after 220 days off-planet.
April 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Had fun today doing some solo flying of the Chipmunk at the Canadian Aviation Museum in Windsor. Weather wasn’t good for anything but circuits but there were enough gusts to keep it interesting. (Photo courtesy of kind museum visitor Ani.) #flying #warbirds
Me in a flight suit, carrying a headset, walking across an airport apron, looking to the side at a yellow tailwheel airplane (a DHC-1 Chipmunk — a post-war trainer plane for the RCAF).
April 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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First aurora of the 2025 winter season! Picture by SPT winterover Sim Bash! @noaa.gov #NSFfunded
April 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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🔭 Moon Near the Edge

Image Credit & Copyright: Jordi Coy

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Most of us watch the Moon at night. But the Moon spends nearly as many daylight hours above our horizon, though in bright daytime skies the lunar disk looks pale and can be a little harder to see. Of course in daytime skies the Moon also appears to cycle through its phases, shining by reflected sunlight as it orbits our fair planet. For daytime moonwatchers, the Moon is probably easier to spot when the visible sunlit portion of the lunar disk is large and waxing following first quarter or waning approaching its third quarter phase. And though it might look unusual, a daytime moon is often seen even in urban skies. Captured here in a telephoto snapshot taken on March 12, a waxing daytime Moon is aligned near the edge of a popular observation deck that overlooks New York City's borough of Manahattan.
April 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Un nouveau résultat sur la fusion d'amas d'étoiles dans les galaxies naines vient d'être publié dans Nature :
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Fusion d'amas d'étoiles dans les galaxies naines - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg
Une étude récente, dirigée par Mélina Poulain de l’Université d’Oulu, rapporte la première observation directe d’amas d’étoiles en fusion dans la région centrale de galaxies naines. Cette détection co...
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April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM