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News from the labs
Published on 9 December 2025
SVOM detects signal from supernova dating back 13 billion years
SVOM begins its exploration of the distant universe: detection of a gamma-ray burst caused by a supernova that exploded 13 billion years ago. Researchers...
Administrative news
Published on 3 December 2025
At the heart of extreme star mergers to discover the origin of elements: the ENGRAVE collaboration wins the Into Change award
The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Research has awarded one million euros to the international collaboration ENGRAVE (Study of electromagnetic...
Highlights
Published on 2 December 2025
MOSAIC: the Paris-PSL Observatory at the heart of building the instruments for the future ELT
On December 1, 2025, ESO signed the agreement launching the design and construction of MOSAIC, the multi-object spectrograph for the Extremely Large...
Press releases
Published on 27 November 2025
Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time
Electric discharges have for the first time been recorded within the storms and whirlwinds of dust – known as dust devils – that sweep across the surface of...
News from the labs
Published on 14 November 2025
Four laser stars herald a new era for interferometry at the VLT
In early November 2025, four lasers fired from each of the four large 8-metre telescopes at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) were used to create...
Press releases
Published on 12 November 2025
Evidence of a Massive Stellar Storm on a Nearby Star
An international team of astronomers, led by ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) and the Observatoire de Paris-PSL, have observed the first...
Administrative news
Published on 31 October 2025
Two scientists from the Paris Observatory - PSL honored at the 2025 Academy of Sciences awards ceremony
On Tuesday, October 28, at the 2025 awards ceremony, the Academy of Sciences will honor Dominique Bockelée-Morvan and Rodolphe Le Targat, two talented...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 30 October 2025
The Paris Observatory – PSL at Explor’Espace: three days to share our passion for the sky and science
From November 7 to 9, 2025, the Explor’Espace festival returns to the Beffroi de Montrouge for its third edition, organized by the French Astronomy...
Highlights
Published on 29 October 2025
Discovery of a ring system in formation around the Centaur object Chiron
An international team involving French researchers from Paris Observatory – PSL, Sorbonne University, and the CNRS, has discovered a ring system in formation...
News from the labs
Published on 28 October 2025
Radio bursts reveal small-scale magnetic arches on the star AD Leonis
An international team has recorded radio emission originating from a red dwarf star with unprecedented time resolution. Astronomers from Peking University in...