19 March 2025
Astrophysics
From Montreal to the stars
The astrophysics research teams at Université de Montréal think big and are plugged into the top international networks in their field.
Exoplanet hunter
René Doyon heads up the Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx) and is the director of the Mont-Mégantic Observatory. He designs observation programs and develops leading-edge instruments, in particular the NIRISS, which the James Webb Space Telescope will be equipped with. His team was the world’s first to directly observe the existence of planets around stars other than the Sun.
Setting the course for research
Connected to the world and involved in their community, the astrophysics research teams are paving the way to greater knowledge of our universe.
iREx
The Institute for Research on Exoplanets brings together globally renowned researchers and their students to discover new worlds through major observational projects. Their ultimate goal is to find life beyond Earth.
Mont-Mégantic Observatory
The MMO has a number of experimental astrophysics labs and a telescope dedicated to basic astrophysics research.
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Astrophysics Group
The Group has wide expertise in astronomy – exoplanetary, solar, stellar and extragalactic – and includes an important instrument-development component.
It all starts with our researchers
Our researchers specialize in exoplanetary, solar, stellar and extragalactic astronomy, in addition to developing leading-edge instruments.
Paul CHARBONNEAU
SOLAR PHYSICS
Julie HLAVACEK-LARRONDO
GALAXIES AND BLACK HOLES
Patrick DUFOUR
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