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January 20 2025

My thesis in 400 words: Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb

Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb recently completed her PhD degree at the Université de Montréal. Here, she summarizes…

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January 13 2025

My time at iREx: Antoine Darveau-Bernier

Antoine Darveau-Bernier has been a member of IREx since the start of his PhD in…

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November 15 2024

Heidi White Honored with the “Permission to Dream Award” for Outstanding Astronomy Outreach

We are thrilled to announce that IREx and OMM Outreach Officer Heidi White has received…

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November 14 2024

Alexandrine L’Heureux at the Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers (PASEA)

The Pan-African School for Emerging Astronomers (PASEA) took place from September 2 to 6 in…

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November 1 2024

My time at IREx : Yayaati Chachan

Yayaati Chachan joined IREx in September 2022. He was a CITA National and MSI fellow…

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October 30 2024

Alexandrine L’Heureux wins the Lumbroso Grant for IREx Ambassadors in 2024

Alexandrine L’Heureux, IREx member and doctoral student at Université de Montréal, is this year’s recipient…

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October 25 2024

My time at IREx: Roseane de Lima Gomes

Roseane de Lima Gomes joined IREx in May 2023 to complete an internship at the…

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October 22 2024

Discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet in the habitable zone – Interview with Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy

Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy a Postdoctoral researcher at McGill University with the Trottier Institute for Research on…

Scientific Interviews

October 16 2024

Prix Marie-Victorin: another star for René Doyon

René Doyon, professor in the Department of Physics at Université de Montréal, is the 2024…

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October 6 2024

Astronomers at IREx Dive Deeper into “Steam-World” Exoplanet GJ 9827 d

A recent paper in Astrophysical Journal Letters, led by Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, a Ph.D. candidate at the…

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September 19 2024

Taking a star’s temperature

UdeM astronomers find a way to measure temperature changes in a star with greater-than-ever precision,…

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September 12 2024

IREx Researchers Contribute to Stunning New Webb Observations of Star-Forming Cluster in Perseus

Researchers at the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) are celebrating their contribution to…

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