2017

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Two Super-Earths around the red dwarf K2-18
December 5 2017

Two Super-Earths around the red dwarf K2-18

Researchers find exciting potential for little-known exoplanet – and discover another planet in the process…

2017
A New Spin to Solving Mystery of Stellar Companions
December 4 2017

A New Spin to Solving Mystery of Stellar Companions

Using new observations made at the Keck Observatory, an international team of researchers measured the…

2017
News from 51 Eridani b
November 10 2017

News from 51 Eridani b

This summer, an international team including several members of iREx has published a new study…

2017
My thesis in 400 words: Simon Coudé
November 10 2017

My thesis in 400 words: Simon Coudé

Simon Coudé, an iREx student at Université de Montréal, submitted his PhD thesis in August…

Thesis in 400 words
René Doyon wins the Urgel-Archambault prize
November 9 2017

René Doyon wins the Urgel-Archambault prize

René Doyon is the recipient of the 2017 Prix Urgel Archambault of Association francophone pour…

Awards and Prizes
NASA’s Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet
September 14 2017

NASA’s Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed a planet outside our solar system that looks as…

2017
A journey to the new worlds
September 13 2017

A journey to the new worlds

On 12 August 2017, the Université de Montréal held its first “Voyage vers les nouveaux…

Events
A very productive summer for the iREx interns
September 12 2017

A very productive summer for the iREx interns

The start of the fall semester marks the end of the summer internships. All our…

2017
Meet the new Trottier Postdoctoral Fellow of iREx
September 5 2017

Meet the new Trottier Postdoctoral Fellow of iREx

Many new members joined iREx in September 2017. Among them, the new Trottier Postdoctoral Fellow,…

Team
ESO’s La Silla Observatory to Host New Planet Hunter
September 1 2017

ESO’s La Silla Observatory to Host New Planet Hunter

A powerful new instrument called NIRPS (Near Infra Red Planet Searcher) is to be installed on the ESO…

2017
Great success at the Université de Montréal for the Solar Eclipse
August 24 2017

Great success at the Université de Montréal for the Solar Eclipse

Astronomers and students of  the Centre for Research of Astrophysics in Quebec (CRAQ) and of the…

Events
Scientists Solve the Mystery of Blinking Brown Dwarfs
August 17 2017

Scientists Solve the Mystery of Blinking Brown Dwarfs

Dim objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than the Sun but more massive than Jupiter,…

Press Releases