
Communiqués de presse de 2020
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Could this be the first radio signal detected from an extrasolar planet?
Thanks to the European Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, an international team involving researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, CNRS and the...

Gaia : Publication of the third catalog, part one
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, ESA releases the first part of the third data catalog of the Gaia satellite: EDR3. This new version enables the contours,...

Machine learning: a breakthrough in the study of stellar nurseries
Artificial intelligence can make it possible to see astrophysical phenomena that were previously beyond reach. This has now been demonstrated by scientists...

Philae’s second landing unveils deep primeval water ice
Four researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, the University of Paris and CNRS, along with their French and foreign partners, identified the second site...

Exoplanets: the beta Pictoris system is unveiled
Researchers from CNRS, Paris Observatory - PSL, Grenoble Alpes University, Aix-Marseille University, Paris University, Lille University and their foreign...

Observation in Senegal of an asteroid by stellar occultation
During the night of September 23rd to 24th, 2020, an international scientific cooperation, mobilizing Senegalese, Belgian and French researchers - from IRD,...

Astrophysicist Françoise Combes receives the 2020 Gold Medal from CNRS
The gold medal of the CNRS, one of the most prestigious French scientific awards, distinguishes this year the astrophysicist Françoise Combes. A specialist...

Titan is moving away from Saturn 100 times faster than expected
Larger than the planet Mercury, huge moon Titan is seen here as it orbits Saturn. Below
The new research by scientists at NASA and the Italian Space Agency...

ESO Telescope Sees Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole
Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of...

A breakthrough in the formation of exo-Earth atmospheres
Exoplanets could capture a late gas in their atmospheres for several tens of millions of years, enriching them with carbon and making them potentially...