Science
Canada triples the number of known galaxies in Webb’s “Deep Field of Galaxies” thanks to NIRISS
On July 11, 2022, the entire world got to see the very first image taken…
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
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
Measuring the composition of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter Tau Boötis b more precisely…
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
SPIRou, the new high-precision infrared spectropolarimeter recently installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, has measured for…
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
Citizen scientists, aided by the NOIRLab facilities and data from the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic, have…
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!
After four months of hard work by engineers and scientists from France, Canada, Switzerland and…