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An international group of Astronomers in Montreal for the conference “Exploring the Universe with JWST-II”
November 4 2016

An international group of Astronomers in Montreal for the conference “Exploring the Universe with JWST-II”

The second edition of the conference “Exploring the Universe with JWST” took place during the week…

Jonathan Gagné receives a Prix Acfas for his thesis on brown dwarfs
September 30 2016

Jonathan Gagné receives a Prix Acfas for his thesis on brown dwarfs

Jonathan Gagné, a former student and a collaborator of iREx, receives one of the Acfas…

New low-mass objects could help refine planetary evolution
September 30 2016

New low-mass objects could help refine planetary evolution

When a star is young, it is often still surrounded by a primordial rotating disk…

The Gemini Planet Imager celebrates one year of service
January 21 2016

The Gemini Planet Imager celebrates one year of service

Having started its activities in November 2014, the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) celebrates one year…

MIT’s Venus
January 21 2016

MIT’s Venus

A team of researchers found the nearest rocky extrasolar planet from us. Although uninhabitable with…

Kepler: Half of all discoveries may be false positives
January 21 2016

Kepler: Half of all discoveries may be false positives

The Kepler space observatory fruitful results, which led to the discovery of about half of…

Lyot 2015: Montreal is the International Capital of Exoplanets this Summer
May 24 2015

Lyot 2015: Montreal is the International Capital of Exoplanets this Summer

On June 22-26 this year, Montreal will host “In the Spirit of Lyot 2015“, an…

GU Psc b : in Québec Science top 10 discoveries of 2014
January 5 2015

GU Psc b : in Québec Science top 10 discoveries of 2014

Marie-Eve Naud, a PhD student at the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and Université…