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A new educational project on exoplanets thanks to the NovaScience program
April 6 2021

A new educational project on exoplanets thanks to the NovaScience program

Thanks to a grant from the Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation‘s NovaScience program, the…

Awards and Prizes
My Thesis in 400 words: Déreck-Alexandre Lizotte
April 6 2021

My Thesis in 400 words: Déreck-Alexandre Lizotte

Déreck-Alexandre Lizotte, an iREx student at Bishop’s University, submitted his master’s thesis in early 2021. He…

Thesis in 400 words
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
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
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
SPIRou stares at a young rebel: the AU Mic planetary system
February 2 2021

SPIRou stares at a young rebel: the AU Mic planetary system

SPIRou, the new high-precision infrared spectropolarimeter recently installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, has measured for…

Press Releases
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
Towards a better understanding of the β Pictoris system
November 3 2020

Towards a better understanding of the β Pictoris system

Recent work led by Thomas Vandal, an iREx master’s student at the Université de Montréal…

2020