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Evaporation of black holes and string theory
VLT directly observes the formation of present-day spirals
Astronomers have long been intrigued by a population of luminous and compact galaxies that are observed in large numbers in the distant Universe. Although...
Search for Sirius companions
January 31, 1862, the white dwarf Sirius-B, was discovered around the Sirius star, using the first large modern telescope. Since this discovery, many direct...
Photograph: Nicolas Biver
Space Weather with SOHO and MEUDON Observations
Violent events occuring on the Sun, such as solar flares, eruptive prominences and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), produce tremendously energetic particles....
Mass Loss from Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars and the Cosmic Cycle of Matter
Stars of mass comparable to the mass of the Sun, Mo, up to 5 or 6 times Mo, spend several billion years burning quietly hydrogen into helium. Then they...
The ISO satellite measures temperature variations at the surface of Pluto
Discovery of molecular gas shells around the elliptical galaxy Centaurus A
The Observatory of Paris will be on board STEREO, mission of NASA
In 2004, a new monitoring system of the activity of the Sun, STEREO, composed of two identical probes, will be launched by NASA. They will carry each one...
News of the Cassini-Huygens mission
With to its "counter" nearly 2 billion kilometers traversed in its tour in Saturn direction, the Cassini probe comes to penetrate in the belt of asteroids...