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Supersonic winds, rocky rains forecasted on lava planet
November 3 2020

Supersonic winds, rocky rains forecasted on lava planet

“Rocky” weather could change the surface and atmosphere over time on exoplanet K2-141b. Among the…

Press Releases
My Thesis in 400 words: Raphaël Hardy
November 2 2020

My Thesis in 400 words: Raphaël Hardy

Raphaël Hardy, an iREx student at Université de Montréal, finished his master degree in 2020.…

Thesis in 400 words
My Thesis in 400 words: Charles Cadieux
November 2 2020

My Thesis in 400 words: Charles Cadieux

Charles Cadieux, an iREx student at Université de Montréal, finished his master degree in 2020.…

Thesis in 400 words
Studying the Neptune-size planet LTT 9779 b – Interview with professors Björn Benneke and Nicolas Cowan
October 26 2020

Studying the Neptune-size planet LTT 9779 b – Interview with professors Björn Benneke and Nicolas Cowan

LTT 9779 b is an exoplanet the size of Neptune and very close to its…

Scientific Interviews
First images for the NIRPS spectrograph
September 9 2020

First images for the NIRPS spectrograph

The NIRPS spectrograph, whose design is led by a team from the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM), the Centre d’optique photonique et laser (COPL)…

2020
Citizen scientists help discover two bizarre brown dwarfs in the Milky Way
July 10 2020

Citizen scientists help discover two bizarre brown dwarfs in the Milky Way

Thanks to the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have confirmed the existence of two of…

Press Releases
Jonathan Gagné becomes the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium’s Scientific Advisor
July 3 2020

Jonathan Gagné becomes the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium’s Scientific Advisor

Jonathan Gagné, a former Banting and Trottier postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Research on…

Team
Discovering an exoplanet around AU Mic
June 25 2020

Discovering an exoplanet around AU Mic

Astrophysicists detect the orb hidden in the dust and gas debris around the young star…

Press Releases
Twice the size of Earth
September 5 2018

Twice the size of Earth

A young Canadian student at Université de Montréal discovers new exoplanet ideal for detailed characterization.…

Press Releases
Canadian astronomy students perfect their skills in Hawaii
August 31 2018

Canadian astronomy students perfect their skills in Hawaii

End of May 2018, evenings were warm and humid on the Hawaii Big Island as…

2018
Two prestigious fellowships for Jonathan Gagné, who has returned to Montreal
August 23 2018

Two prestigious fellowships for Jonathan Gagné, who has returned to Montreal

Jonathan Gagné, who completed his Ph.D. at the Université de Montréal in 2015, is one…

Awards and Prizes
Marie-Eve Desrochers obtains the Relève étoile Louis-Berlinget prize of FRQNT
August 16 2018

Marie-Eve Desrochers obtains the Relève étoile Louis-Berlinget prize of FRQNT

Rémi Quirion, Quebec’s Chief Scientist, announces that Marie-Eve Desrochers, a MSc student and member of…

Awards and Prizes