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Webb ready for a Christmas launch
13 September 2021

Webb ready for a Christmas launch

After more than two decades of twists and turns, challenges and successes, the James Webb…

Hot and dry: SPIRou reveals the atmosphere of hot Jupiter Tau Boötis b
28 July 2021

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

Measuring the composition of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter Tau Boötis b more precisely…

Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard appointed to NSERC Council
17 June 2021

Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard appointed to NSERC Council

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard to the Natural Sciences and…

Final tests for Webb’s sunshield
7 February 2021

Final tests for Webb’s sunshield

Despite some minor delays in the project, the James Webb Space Telescope achieved several important…

SPIRou stares at a young rebel: the AU Mic planetary system
2 February 2021

SPIRou stares at a young rebel: the AU Mic planetary system

SPIRou, the new high-precision infrared spectropolarimeter recently installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, has measured for…

First images for the NIRPS spectrograph
9 September 2020

First images for the NIRPS spectrograph

The NIRPS spectrograph, whose design is led by a team from the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic (OMM), the Centre d’optique photonique et laser (COPL)…

René Doyon, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
8 September 2020

René Doyon, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

The OMM is very pleased to announce that its Director, René Doyon, is now a…

New launch date for Webb
30 August 2020

New launch date for Webb

NASA and its international partners, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, are…

New Worlds Found in Our Cosmic Backyard
18 August 2020

New Worlds Found in Our Cosmic Backyard

Citizen scientists, aided by the NOIRLab facilities and data from the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic, have…

SPIRou at La preuve par l’image
1 May 2020

SPIRou at La preuve par l’image

An image submitted by Étienne Artigau, an OMM researcher, was selected by the jury of…