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News from the labs
Published on 1 September 2022
A coherent scenario for the Earth-Moon distance evolution
Due to tidal friction, the Earth’s rotation slows down and the Moon goes away. This is measured with centimetre precision using Lunar Laser ranging. But up...
Administrative news
Published on 1 September 2022
Françoise Combes, winner of the American Karl Jansky Prize 2022
Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the chair of galaxies and cosmology, and astrophysicist at the Observatoire de Paris - PSL, Françoise Combes...
Highlights
Published on 26 August 2022
A slow recovery for the star Betelgeuse
Through a publication dated August 4, 2022 in The Astrophysical Journal, an international scientific team, including an astrophysicist from Paris Observatory...
Highlights
Published on 23 August 2022
Unexpected details of Jupiter revealed by the Webb Space Telescope
Under the sharp gaze of the Webb Space Telescope, Jupiter is revealed in a new light. Captured in July-August 2022 as part of an "Early Science"...
Highlights
Published on 11 August 2022
The NenuFAR radio telescope launches its first international call for observations
The Observatoire de Paris-PSL opens to the international scientific community the 1st call for observations of its latest generation radio telescope:...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 28 July 2022
"De la plage aux étoiles" Festival 2022
From August 1 to 7, 2022, the astronomy Festival "de la Plage aux Étoiles" will take place in Collioure in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, for which...
Administrative news
Published on 28 July 2022
Death of François Spite, star scout
François Spite, astronomer and renowned stellar physicist, passed away on July 21, 2022. He spent most of his career at the Observatoire de Paris - PSL.
News from the labs
Published on 21 July 2022
The high abundance of heavy elements hidden by dust
For a long time, ultra-luminous infrared galaxies, resulting from major galaxy mergers, appeared with a relatively low abundance of heavy elements, compared...
Administrative news
Published on 21 July 2022
Guy Perrin receives the Fizeau 2020 prize
The Joint Fizeau-Michelson Prize Committee awards the 2020 Fizeau Lifetime Achievement Award to Guy Perrin for his accomplishments in theory and technology...
Highlights
Published on 13 July 2022
The Webb Space Telescope reveals its first images
The first images and spectroscopic data were delivered on July 12, 2022. Anthony Boccaletti, researcher at LESIA (Observatoire de Paris - PSL), gave us his...