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Caroline Piaulet receives an Engagement Grant from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
April 6 2021

Caroline Piaulet receives an Engagement Grant from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Caroline Piaulet, a PhD student at the Université de Montréal, has been awarded an engagement…

Awards and Prizes
Astronomers uncover mysterious origins of ‘super-Earths’
February 10 2021

Astronomers uncover mysterious origins of ‘super-Earths’

Study shows super-Earths are not leftovers of mini-Neptunes, challenging our understanding of planetary formation Mini-Neptunes…

Press Releases
My time at iREx – Mohamad Ali-Dib
February 5 2021

My time at iREx – Mohamad Ali-Dib

Mohamad Ali-Dib, the Trottier 2018 postdoctoral fellow at the Université de Montréal, joined the iREx…

My Time at iREx
My Thesis in 400 words: Frédéric Genest
January 27 2021

My Thesis in 400 words: Frédéric Genest

Frédéric Genest, an iREx student studying at the Université de Montréal, submitted his master’s thesis…

Thesis in 400 words
A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other
January 18 2021

A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other

A University of Montreal-led team of astronomers discovers that the core mass of exoplanet WASP-107b…

Press Releases
Jonathan Gagné joins iREx as an Associate Member
November 4 2020

Jonathan Gagné joins iREx as an Associate Member

Jonathan Gagné, a Scientific Advisor at the Rio Tinto Alcan Montreal Planetarium with Space for…

Team
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 Master Thesis in 400 words: Raphaël Hardy
November 2 2020

My Master 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