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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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
HiCIBaS, a stratospheric balloon borne telescope project for the direct imaging of exoplanets
August 15 2018

HiCIBaS, a stratospheric balloon borne telescope project for the direct imaging of exoplanets

HiCIBaS, a stratospheric balloon borne telescope project from Université Laval led by Prof. Simon Thibault,…

2018
Funding for Mont-Mégantic Observatory secured for five years
August 8 2018

Funding for Mont-Mégantic Observatory secured for five years

Ottawa and Quebec announce $4M in funding for the world-class observatory through 2023. With a…

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Gaia: a new era for astronomy
June 4 2018

Gaia: a new era for astronomy

Gai­­a second data release was published on the 25th of April 2018. Since then, astronomers…

2018
Lisa Dang obtains the Relève étoile Louis-Berlinget prize of FRQNT
May 24 2018

Lisa Dang obtains the Relève étoile Louis-Berlinget prize of FRQNT

Rémi Quirion, Quebec’s Chief Scientist, announces that Lisa Dang, a PhD student and member of…

Awards and Prizes
First light for SPIRou !
May 23 2018

First light for SPIRou !

After four months of hard work by engineers and scientists from France, Canada, Switzerland and…

2018