Rob Thacker
@robthacker.bsky.social
Astrophysicist & photo geek✨Graduate Coordinator of astrophysics at SMU. Regular co-host of Science Files on CityNews Halifax and Science Wire on CFRA Ottawa. You are made of the ♥ of stars. Halifax/K'jipuktuk (he/him)
Dr Rousseau-Nepton can also be seen in this Canada Film Board documentary: www.nfb.ca/series/north...
North Star
Laurie Rousseau-Nepton is a young, Quebec-born Innu astrophysicist who’s leading a massive research project at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. Drawing on a worldview rooted in a love of nature, …
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November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dr Rousseau-Nepton can also be seen in this Canada Film Board documentary: www.nfb.ca/series/north...
And a few days later in full bloom. With the temperature reaching 26 C today this feels rather apropos...
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
And a few days later in full bloom. With the temperature reaching 26 C today this feels rather apropos...
Last year we had 241 Growing Degree Days (10 C) by the end of June, this year it is only 224. It might still be a very warm July/Aug (that's been predicted) but to this point the growing season is behind last year.
July 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Last year we had 241 Growing Degree Days (10 C) by the end of June, this year it is only 224. It might still be a very warm July/Aug (that's been predicted) but to this point the growing season is behind last year.