My thesis in 400 words: Simon Coudé
Simon Coudé, a student of iREx who is finishing his PhD this year, describes the research projects he carried in the last few years, including a study of a few star-forming regions like the Orion star-forming region.
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News from 51 Eridani b
This summer, an international team including several members of iREx has published new observations of the giant exoplanet 51 Eridani b that provide a better understanding of the planet's atmosphere and the way it was formed.
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René Doyon awarded the Urgel-Archambault prize
The prestigious prize, attributed since 1953 in honour of Urgel Archambault (founding director of Polytechnique Montréal), is awarded to a scientist to recognize the excellence and influence of his or her work and actions.
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Meet the new students of iREx
Many new members joined iREx in 2017. Among them, six new graduate students, five at the MSc level, and one at the PhD level. iREx members are really proud to welcome these outstanding students from various Canadian and international institutions in the team!
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JWST to be launched in Spring 2019
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now planning to launch between March and June 2019 from French Guiana, according to a new timeline published in September. Previously, Webb was suppose to launch in October 2018.
Read more on NASA's website
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Echoes from our Solar System
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Haumea has a ring
Haumea, one of the five Solar system's dwarf planets, was recently found to have a ring. This discovery, announced in the journal Nature, could indicate that this kind of feature, originally thought to only occur around giant planets, is more widespread.
Learn more on the website of National Geographics
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Astronomy on tap - November 28th
The next edition of Astronomy on tap MTL in English will take place at McLean's Pub on November 28th, with two McGill postdoctoral researchers, Emmanuel Fonseca and Shriharsh Tendulkar.
For the dates of all future events, see our webpage
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For Girls, from Women
Marie-Eve Naud is the principal speaker at the event "For Girls, From Women", aimed at young women from high school or cegep and organized on November 25th by CRC Robotics.
For more information and to register, see the event page
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Other events
iREx members organize and participate to many events that are open to all and generally free.
See the list here
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