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NIRPS gets prepped in Chile
The NIRPS team has been hard at work for the past few months. This instrument…
Webb’s Mirror is Aligned!
The Webb Telescope’s commissioning has been progressing remarkably well since the space observatory arrived at…
Webb Launched and Safely Arrived at L2
After decades of work, development and testing, the James Webb Space Telescope was finally launched…
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
Measuring the composition of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter Tau Boötis b more precisely…
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
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)…
René Doyon, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
The OMM is very pleased to announce that its Director, René Doyon, is now a…