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From left to right: Sophie-Andrée Blondin, René Doyon and Charles Tisseyre.

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René Doyon: A scientific star with both feet firmly planted on the ground

29 January 2023

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Artistic representation of the planetary system of the star Kepler-138. We see Kepler-138 d in the foreground, and closer to the star, Kepler-138 c. These two planets are probably composed mainly of water. The small planet Kepler-138 b is seen transiting in front of the star. A fourth planet, Kepler-138 e, is further away and not visible in the image.

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Université de Montréal astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water

15 December 2022

Press release

From left to right: Marie-Eve Naud, Frédérique Baron and Nathalie Ouellette.

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Three astrophysicists promoting science through iREx

21 November 2022

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iREx making major contribution to astronomy

21 November 2022

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Illustration showing what the exoplanet WASP-39 b could look like, based on current understanding of the planet.

Science

Signs of CO2 in a planet beyond our solar system

25 August 2022

Press release

Artistic rendition of the exoplanet TOI-1452 b, a small planet that may be entirely covered in a deep ocean.

Science

An extrasolar world covered in water?

24 August 2022

Press release

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James Webb Space Telescope: beginning to see the light

6 April 2022

Press release

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Three videos ahead of the James Webb Space Telescope launch

20 December 2021

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The James Webb telescope: part alien life detector, part time machine

9 December 2021

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Nathalie Ouellette, coordinator of the Exoplanet Research Institute at the Université de Montréal, and Olivia Lim, a doctoral student at the Université de Montréal.

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Women helped make the James Webb Space Telescope a reality

3 December 2021

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Artist's rendition of the James Webb Space Telescope. (Source: NASA)

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Three UdeM astophysicists to help inaugurate the James Webb Space Telescope

28 October 2021

Press release

Artistic representation of the exoplanet Tau Boötis b and its host star, Tau Boötis

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A hot and dry Jupiter: SPIRou reveals the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tau Boötis b

28 July 2021

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A rare solar eclipse on the morning of June 10

1 June 2021

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Diego Urbina and Romain Charles from Europe, Sukhrob Kamolov, Alexey Sitev, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and from Russia and Wang Yue from China

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Feeling confinement in the gut

23 April 2021

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Artistic rendition of the exoplanet WASP-107b and its star, WASP-107. Some of the star's light streams through the exoplanet's extended gas layer.

Science

A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other

18 January 2021

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Astronomy: unraveling a spiral stream of dusty embers

16 September 2020

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Brown dwarfs form like stars, but are not massive enough to ignite nuclear fusion of hydrogen within their cores -- a defining mechanism within proper stars -- yet are too massive to be called planets.

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Citizen scientists help discover two exotic brown dwarfs in the Milky Way

10 July 2020

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Artist’s representation of the planet (foreground) and its star (background).

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Discovering an exoplanet the size of Neptune

25 June 2020

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David Saint-Jacques et René Pelletier

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René Pelletier, the osteopath who helped David Saint-Jacques readjust to life on Earth

15 October 2019

Article

An artistic representation of the exoplanet K2-18b.

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Water detected on an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone

11 September 2019

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Artist's illustration of gas streaming from GJ 3470 b.

Science

Probing a new class of exoplanets

2 July 2019

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(L) A view of Eta Carinae by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2000. (R) What the star could look like in 2032, when it overshadows its nebula.

Science

Goodbye to a beauty in the night sky

29 January 2019

Press release

Artist's depiction of the inside of a white dwarf. Credit: Mark A. Garlick, University of Warwick.

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Thousands of stars turning into crystals

9 January 2019

Press release

On March 30, 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope will be sent into orbit in search of extraterrestrial life.

Science

The search for ET

11 December 2018

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A size comparison of the Earth, Wolf 503b and Neptune. The color blue for Wolf 503b is imaginary; nothing is yet known about the atmosphere or surface of the planet.

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A new exoplanet is discovered by an international team led by a young master's student

6 September 2018

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A night view of the Mont-Mégantic Observatory.

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Funding for Mont-Mégantic Observatory secured for five years

8 August 2018

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Artist’s view of an active red dwarf similar to AD Leo, known for its huge flares. AD Leo was the first star observed with CFHT’s new instrument SPIRou.

Science

First light for SPIRou!

24 May 2018

Press release

Filamentary structure around the galaxy NGC 1275, in HD.

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Revealing the complexity of the nebula in NGC 1275 with SITELLE

15 May 2018

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