April 10 2013
Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild
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January 27 2013
Call for New Instrumentation at CFHT
December 18 2012
Board Statement on CFHT Future Development
March 12 2013
An unprecedented view of the large-scale structures in the Universe unveiled by VIPERS
March 11 2013
An International team has observed an unexpected change of direction of the magnetic field of HD190073.
March 09 2013
CFHT is now accepting proposals for the semester 2013B.
January 11 2013
Observations are affected by the January 5 2013 shutter failure.
January 03 2013
A vast rotating disk of dwarf galaxies surrounding the Andromeda galaxy
December 05 2012
A bright green object in MegaCam images lead to the identification of a new class of Galaxy.
November 16 2012
A team from Lowell Observatory used ESPaDOnS to identify nearby stars that could potentially harbor exoplanets.
November 14 2012
ESO and CFHT have identified a body that is very probably a planet wandering through space without a parent star.
November 13 2012
A newly identified separate star cluster in front of the Orion Nebula Cluster
November 02 2012
An international team of Astronomers use the CFHTLS to detect the farthest Superluminous Supernova.
October 26 2012
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey Reveals Dark Secrets of the Universe
October 16 2012
Hubble and Mauna Kea telescopes team up for the first 3D study of a 60 million light-years long Dark Matter filament.
October 02 2012
CFHT announces the ngCFHT Workshop, 27-29 March 2013, Hilo, Hawaii.
September 25 2012
Come and learn while working out during the Solar System Walk Saturday June 29 from 10 am to 2 pm.
September 19 2012
Come observe the Moon on the CFHT front lawn in Waimea on Sep 22, 7pm-9pm, for the International Observe the Moon Night.
September 11 2012
In collaboration with HET, CFHT measures the strongest ever magnetic field around a massive star.
June 24 2012
Four new large programs were just accepted at CFHT. These will be observed during the 2013A to 2016B semesters.
June 20 2012
After 67 days of hard work, the Observatory was released for normal operations today at 14:10.
June 5 2012
With CFHT's help, UBC Researchers unveil Jupiter's smallest known moon
May 28 2012
Join us to observe safely the upcoming transit of Venus from 12:10 to 6:44 pm on June 5th!
April 30 2012
New CFHT Executive Director
April 27 2012
A very faint cluster of stars orbiting the Milky Way
April 16 2012
On the morning of Saturday April 14, CFHT experienced a major failure of one of the dome shutter drives.
March 02 2012
Dark Matter Core Defies Explanation
January 09 2012
Astronomers have mapped dark matter on the largest scale ever observed.
July 27 2011
Earth's first Trojan Asteroid discovered
July 21 2011
Elliptical galaxies much younger than previously thought?
July 05 2011
A bubble-like burst of light captured on two Hawaii telescopes last week likely has a terrestrial origin.
March 24 2011
CFHT, ESO, and Keck team up to find a candidate for coldest "star"
January 12 2011
CFHT releases a new low-light webcam mounted on the catwalk.
November 30 2010
From the front lawn of CFHT Headquarters, you will see the moons of Jupiter, the heart of Andromeda, the Orion Nebula, and much more...
August 25 2010
The 2011A proposals season is open! Deadline for submission: September 23, 24:00UTC
June 30 2010
The mysterious Leo giant gas ring explained by a billion year old collision between two galaxies
May 22 2010
The CFHT Users' Meeting will be held in Taipei (Taiwan) Nov 16-18, 2010. You can register now!
December 9 2009
CFHT celebrates its 30th Birthday with a 370 Megapixel image, an illustrated essay and 2 new wallpapers
October 22 2009
UKIRT, CFHT, and Chandra team up to unveil what could be the most distant galaxy cluster ever
September 15 2009
Mini-Comets Lit up 17P/Holmes During Mega-Outburst
September 4 2009
Andromeda caught devouring another galaxy
July 9 2009
Most distant supernovae found in the CFHT Legacy Survey
Chandra and CFHT team up for a spectacular image of the Stephan's Quintet
April 2 2009
CFHT honored by Canadian stamp for the International Year of Astronomy