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News from the labs
Published on 24 February 2019
The echo of the stellar bar formation in our Galaxy captured by Gaia
New numerical simulations of the bar formation in the Milky Way, carried out by astronomers of Paris Observatory, show that it is possible to explain the...
Administrative news
Published on 19 February 2019
Guy Perrin, winner of the 2019 award of the journal « La Recherche »
Guy Perrin, astronomer at the Paris Observatory – PSL, and his team have been awarded the 2019 prize of the journal La Recherche. This is in recognition of...
Highlights
Published on 18 February 2019
CTA: the american prototype, with the same technology as the Meudon model
On Thursday 17th of January 2019, scientists from the Paris Observatory weer present at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (Arizona)for the...
Highlights
Published on 4 February 2019
Record breaking performance for a cold atom inertial sensor
A team of scientists at the time-space reference systems laboratory of the Paris Observatory is improving the efficiency of cold atomic detectors via a...
Highlights
Published on 23 January 2019
The January 21st 2019 total eclipse of the Moon in picturers
Exceptional meteorological conditions and a completely clear sky offered Paris Observatory astronomers optimal conditions to observe and photograph the total...
Highlights
Published on 12 December 2018
Comet Wirtanen in the December 2018 sky
On Sunday December 16th 2018, comet Wirtanen will pass very close to the Earth. In the case of known comets, this will be one of the best occasions for the...
Highlights
Published on 4 December 2018
When GALILEO confirms Einstein’s predictions
Time flows faster far from the Earth. This prediction, made by Einstein, has been successfully tested by physicists from the Paris Observatory - PSL in...
Administrative news
Published on 3 December 2018
Cosmic radiation under world-wide surveillance
France will help to ensure the surveillance of cosmic radiation for a section of space meteorology for the benefit of world-wide civil aviation. This...
Highlights
Published on 7 November 2018
ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain
Observations by ALMA and data from the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s VLT have revealed a colossal fountain of molecular gas powered by a black hole in the...