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Webb has arrived in Kourou!
November 5 2021

Webb has arrived in Kourou!

On October 12th, the James Webb Space Telescope moved one step closer to its final…

2021
A brown dwarf detected near a low-mass star
November 4 2021

A brown dwarf detected near a low-mass star

An international team led by researchers from the Institute for Research on Exoplanets has discovered…

2021
Myriam Prasow-Émond wins First Prize in Poster Competition
November 3 2021

Myriam Prasow-Émond wins First Prize in Poster Competition

On Wednesday, October 20th, a special event, the “Journée 100 ans de physique” was held…

Awards and Prizes
My Thesis in 400 words: Dylan Keating
November 2 2021

My Thesis in 400 words: Dylan Keating

Dylan Keating, , an iREx student at McGill University, submitted his PhD thesis in the…

Thesis in 400 words
The topsy-turvy orbits of a multi-planetary system
October 27 2021

The topsy-turvy orbits of a multi-planetary system

An international team of astrophysicists including Romain Allart, Trottier Postdoctoral Fellow at the iREx at…

2021
iREx astronomers some of the first to use JWST in Year 1
June 7 2021

iREx astronomers some of the first to use JWST in Year 1

Thousands of astronomers submitted telescope time proposals in November 2020 in the hopes of obtaining…

2021
Final tests for Webb’s sunshield
February 7 2021

Final tests for Webb’s sunshield

Despite some minor delays in the project, the James Webb Space Telescope achieved several important…

2021
René Doyon, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
September 8 2020

René Doyon, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

The iREx is very pleased to announce that our Director, René Doyon, is now a…

Awards and Prizes
New launch date for Webb
August 30 2020

New launch date for Webb

NASA and its international partners, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, are…

2020
iREx wins inaugural FRQ DIALOGUE Award
February 28 2020

iREx wins inaugural FRQ DIALOGUE Award

We are very pleased to announce that the iREx has been selected for a DIALOGUE…

Awards and Prizes
A Lookback on TESS’s First Year
February 5 2020

A Lookback on TESS’s First Year

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) completed its first year of scientific observations between July…

2020
Water detected on an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone
September 11 2019

Water detected on an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone

An international study lead by Université de Montréal astronomer Björn Benneke has detected water vapour…

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