Instrumentation

The Gemini Planet Imager celebrates one year of service
21 January 2016

The Gemini Planet Imager celebrates one year of service

Having started its activities in November 2014, the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) celebrates one year…

Astronomers photograph a gas giant exoplanet younger than Jupiter
19 August 2015

Astronomers photograph a gas giant exoplanet younger than Jupiter

One of the best ways to learn how our solar system evolved is to look…

SPIRou: a new Infrared SpectroPolarimeter
4 November 2013

SPIRou: a new Infrared SpectroPolarimeter

SPIRou is a new Infrared SpectroPolarimeter for discovering new habitable worlds and studying the birth…

OMM delivers FGS/NIRISS to NASA
25 July 2012

OMM delivers FGS/NIRISS to NASA

Two instruments, whose acronyms are NIRISS and FGS, designed by a team co-led by Université…

SPIOMM, the OMM’s spy, unravels the mysteries of the Crab Nebula
6 December 2010

SPIOMM, the OMM’s spy, unravels the mysteries of the Crab Nebula

A team of researchers from CRAQ member Université Laval has produced the first three-dimensional map…