2020

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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…

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…

SPIRou at La preuve par l’image
May 1 2020

SPIRou at La preuve par l’image

An image submitted by Étienne Artigau, a researcher from iREx, was selected by the jury…

My Thesis in 400 words: Jonathan Chan
April 20 2020

My Thesis in 400 words: Jonathan Chan

Jonathan Chan, an iREx student at Université de Montréal, finished his master degree in 2020.…

Iron Rain on WASP-76b
April 6 2020

Iron Rain on WASP-76b

A team of researchers led by David Ehrenreich of the Observatoire astronomique de l’Université de…

2020 CASCA Awards
February 29 2020

2020 CASCA Awards

Dunlap Award The Institute for Research on Exoplanets is proud to announce that René Doyon,…

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…

The End of the Spitzer Space Telescope
February 5 2020

The End of the Spitzer Space Telescope

The Spitzer Space Telescope’s mission ended on January 30, 2020, after scanning the Universe in…

A second planet in the closest extrasolar system to our Sun?
February 5 2020

A second planet in the closest extrasolar system to our Sun?

A study published in Science magazine in January 2020 and led by Mario Damasso, an…

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…