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An exoplanet under the scrutiny of Lisa Dang
In a recently published paper, a team led by iREx member and McGill PhD student Lisa Dang examines the seasons of a giant exoplanet located very close to its star.
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Webb launched and arrived safely at L2
After decades of work, the James Webb Space Telescope was finally launched into space aboard an Ariane 5 rocket on Christmas morning. Since that magical moment, the international Webb team has celebrated many important milestones in the mission’s timeline.
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Our final ExoBite is out!
The sixth and last ExoBite features our researchers Lison Malo and Loïc Albert. In this short video, they present the job of astronomer, the tools and objects of interest of astronomers as well as their daily life as researchers.
Watch the video on YouTube (English subtitles available)
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'Les astrophysiciennes' podcast and Webb
Astrophysicists Nathalie Ouellette and Frédérique Baron interview René Doyon, Principal Investigator of the Canadian instrument on Webb. In the episode, find out more about the Webb mission and the little-known history of its Canadian contribution!
On all your favourite plateforms! (in French)
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My thesis in 400 words: Benjamin Leblanc
Benjamin Leblanc, an iREx student, completed his M.Sc. in December 2021 at Bishop's University. He worked on the interiors of giant planets of our Solar System. He summarised his Master's thesis for us in 400 words.
Read Benjamin’s summary
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A new graduate student at iREx
The iREx welcomes a new student this winter! Katherine Thibault will be starting a Master's degree at the Université de Montréal, under the supervision of David Lafrenière. She will be working on the search for planets around white dwarfs with the Webb Telescope. Welcome to the team, Katherine!
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A major grant for Jonathan Gagné
Jonathan Gagné, iREx associate member and Scientific Advisor at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, has been awarded an NSERC Discovery Grant. This grant will allow him to expand his team. Congratulations, Jonathan!
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Webb and iREx members in the news!
The launch of the Webb Telescope on December 25th gave several of our members the opportunity to talk about this space observatory and the projects they plan to carry out with its data in the media in Canada and around the world.
View a (non exhaustive!) list of interviews
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An event for Cégep students
The iREx invites Cégep students to the Soirée d'initiation à la recherche en astrophysique, live on Zoom on Wednesday, February 16th at 7pm, to learn more about our physics program and astrophysics research at the Université de Montréal.
For more information and to register for this free event (taking place in French), visit our website.
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Exoplanets in schools: Test our activities!
One year has passed since the start of our “Exoplanets in schools” project, whose objective is to create educational resources on exoplanets and the search for life for elementary and secondary school staff in Quebec. We are currently in a testing period for our activities and are recruiting school staff to help us out!
Learn more here
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