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Published on 17 December 2020

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...
Published on 4 December 2020

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,...
Published on 19 November 2020

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...
Published on 28 October 2020

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...
Published on 6 October 2020

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...
Published on 6 October 2020

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,...
Published on 10 September 2020

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...
Published on 9 June 2020

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...
Published on 16 April 2020

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...
Published on 6 April 2020

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...