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Highlights Published on 10 December 2019

First discoveries of the Parker Solar Probe mission

The analysis of the first results from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission, in which participated the Plasma Physics laboratory (CNRS/École...
Administrative news Published on 3 December 2019

Alexandre Le Tiec, awarded the 2019 CNRS bronze medal

The 2019 CNRS bronze medal has been awarded to Alexandre Le Tiec, specialist in gravitational theory within the Relativity and compact objects group in...
Highlights Published on 28 November 2019

The mystery of the origin of the stellar halo of our Galaxy is being revealed

Thanks to data collected by the European astrometric satellite Gaia, the history of the Milky Way is being revealed. In a study published on November 20,...
Highlights Published on 26 November 2019

The first detection of very high energy gamma ray bursts

Two gamma ray bursts have just broken the current energy record.
Highlights Published on 26 November 2019

First ever satellite using iodine propulsion

On November 3rd 2019, the first ever satellite using iodine propulsion was sent into space. This innovation in the history of satellites was made possible...
Highlights Published on 6 November 2019

Solar Orbiter on the way to Cape Canaveral

On Tuesday, October 15th 2019, the Solar Orbiter probe was declared as ready and was transferred to its launch site at Cape Canaveral in the U.S.A. On...
Exhibitions and information Published on 6 November 2019

Do not miss Mercury on November 11, 2019

Monday November 11, 2019, Mercury will pass in front of the Sun. On this occasion, Observatoire de Paris - PSL is mobilized to allow you to follow this rare...
Administrative news Published on 6 November 2019

Winner of the 2019 Prize "Sciences de l’Univers" of the Academy of Sciences

The astrophysicist Bruno Sicardy was awarded the 2019 Paul Doisteau-Emile Blutet prize during a ceremony which took place under the dome of the Institut de...
Administrative news Published on 4 November 2019

Océane Barraud, laureate of the contest "Chronothesis: my thesis in 5 minutes"

Friday, October 11, 2019, Océane Barraud won the competition of the French Association of Astronomy (AFA) "Chronothesis: my thesis in 5 minutes".
News from the labs Published on 24 October 2019

A new constraint on the mass of "graviton"

Scientists from the observatories of Paris and Côte d’Azur, as well as the scientific center of Monaco, have used solar system data in order to constrain the...