Science

First Y+Y Brown Dwarf Binary System Unveiled by JWST
1 July 2023

First Y+Y Brown Dwarf Binary System Unveiled by JWST

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have identified the first-ever binary system consisting of two Y…

The Universe as seen by Webb
4 November 2022

The Universe as seen by Webb

Since the reveal of its first images (and one exoplanet spectrum!) on July 12, 2022,…

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…

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)…

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…

All systems go for exo-Earth hunter SPIRou
22 February 2019

All systems go for exo-Earth hunter SPIRou

Nine months after capturing its first images from atop Maunakea in Hawaii, the scientific instrument…

SPIRou’s First Light!
24 May 2018

SPIRou’s First Light!

After four months of hard work by engineers and scientists from France, Canada, Switzerland and…