Maunakea Graduate School | June 2-13 2020
Submit applications here by January 20th 2020. The Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) is proud to announce the 2020 competition for the Maunakea Graduate School in Astronomy (MKGS). The MKGS presents an opportunity for six graduate students in…
My master thesis in 400 words : Dominic Couture
Dominic Couture, an iREx student at Université de Montréal, finished his master degree in 2019. Here, he summarizes the research project he carried out during his studies: Young moving groups (YMG) are associations of stars,…
A star has left us
On November 1, Gilles Fontaine, professor in the Départment de physique at the Université de Montréal and a member of the Institut for research on exoplanets, passed away. Gilles Fontaine was a specialist in the study…
Ingredients for life on Titan with Sarah Hörst
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets was pleased to welcome Sarah Hörst on October 16th for the Grande conférence de l’iREx 2019. During the evening, over 150 people were able to travel to Titan, Saturn’s largest…
Transit of Mercury
On November 11th 2019, the planet Mercury will pass in front of the Sun from the point of view of Earth. This phenomenon, called the transit of Mercury, is akin to the transit of exoplanets in…
2020 JWST Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), affiliated with the Department of Physics at the Université de Montréal, is seeking applications for a postdoctoral position to join the NIRISS instrument team for the James Webb Space…
2020 Trottier Excellence Grants for Summer Interns iREx
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), affiliated with the Department of Physics of the Université de Montréal (UdeM), is calling for applications from undergraduate students to the 2020 Trottier Excellence Grants for Summer Interns. The summer…
Trottier Postdoctoral Fellowship at iREx (2020) in Exoplanetary Astrophysics
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), affiliated with the physics department of the University of Montreal (UdeM), invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in experimental, observational or theoretical astrophysics applied to the study of exoplanets….
Les grandes conférences de l’iREx – Dr Sarah Hörst
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets invite you to the public lecture: Titan : Ingredients for Life by Sarah Hörst, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University. Prof. Hörst is an expert on the formation and composition of…
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 on the planet K2-18b; this represents a major discovery in the search of alien life. Ever since the discovery of the…