2003
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First detection of CO in Uranus
A team from Paris Observatory, led by Thérèse Encrenaz (LESIA), has just detected for the first time the molecule of carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere...
First proof of cold molecular gas associated to a cooling flow
The existence of cooling flows, i.e. gas cooling from high temperatures of millions of degrees in galaxy clusters to a cold phase able to form stars, has...
From the edge of abyss... First message received from the boundary of the black hole at the centre of our Galaxy
Some teams of Paris Observatory are among the teams honored by the European Descartes Price, in 2003
EU EUR 1 million Descartes Prize rewards excellence in high-tech and fundamental science Brussels, ln20 novembre 2003 Today in Rome European Research...
A finite dodecahedral Universe
A franco-american team of cosmologists [1] conducted by J.-P. Luminet, from Laboratory Universe and Theories (LUTH) at Paris Observatory , has proposed...
First coronographic observations using a 4 Quadrant Phase Mask on the VLT
A team from Paris Observatory has just obtained the first coronographic observations with a 4 Quadrant Phase Mask on the VLT (Very Large Telescope) of ESO....
End of the journey for Galileo: October 1989- September 2003
The Galileo spacecraft (NASA/JPL) was launched in october 1989, and orbits around Jupiter since December 1995. Its odyssey in the Solar System will take an...
Perspective of discovering true analogs of Jupiter around nearby stars with ALMA
More than one hundred extra-solar planets were discovered since the first by Mayor and Queloz in 1995; they all are massive planets, similar to Jupiter...
How is our Galaxy enriched in carbon?
The red giant stars lose a lot of matter during their stay on the Asymptotic Giant Branch, in the form of stellar winds. As the atmosphere of these stars is...
Drastic expansion of Pluto’s atmosphere as revealed by stellar occultations
Moving on its eccentric orbit, Pluto is presently receding from the Sun; between 1979 and 1999 it was inside Neptune’s orbit, but since then it has again...