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News : teaching
Published on 16 May 2018
14th May 2018 | The Paris Observatory launches a new MOOC
The Paris Observatory launches its 4th MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), on its France Université Numérique (FUN) platform, with the title “Soleil -...
Administrative news
Published on 14 May 2018
Guillaume Voisin, awarded the IAU 2017 prize for the best thesis
On May 7th 2018, the International Astronomical Union awarded its 2017 prize for the best 2017 thesis to Guillaum Voisi, Ph.D. researcher at the Paris...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 7 May 2018
350 years of astrometry at the Paris Observatory
A pictorial panorama of astrometry at the Paris Observatory, from its beginnings to Gaia.
Highlights
Published on 4 May 2018
What does a Cherenkov telescope look like? Find out via pictures.
The Paris Observatory is setting up on its Meudon site one of the prototypes of the « Cherenkov Telescope Array ». This future This upcoming large...
Highlights
Published on 17 April 2018
Calibration campaign for SuperCam - Mars
On March 9th 2018, the qualification model for SuperCam, the instrument which will be flown on NASA’s Rover Mars2020, passed successfully a series of tests...
Highlights
Published on 10 April 2018
Solar tornadoes are not tornadoes !
In spite of their appearance, «solar tornadoes» do not rotate. That is the conclusion of a team of European scientists, among whom is an astronomer from the...
Highlights
Published on 30 March 2018
Close monitoring of the path of the Chinese space station
At the Paris Observatory, the Institute for celestial mechanics and ephemeris computation (Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides -...
Highlights
Published on 23 March 2018
ESA’s green light for the ARIEL mission
Its official. On March 20th, 2018, ESA’s programme committee selected the ARIEL mission. It will at last be possible to start making it, to the deep...
Highlights
Published on 23 March 2018
C2ERES : how to be prepared for tomorrow’s space exploration?
Setup on the Meudon site of the Paris Observatory, C2ERES (Campus et Centre de Recherche pour l’Exploration Spatiale) is the space pole of the PSL University.
Administrative news
Published on 9 March 2018
Edmée Chandon, the first French woman astronomer
1912 is the year when the first professional female astronomer was nominated in France: Edmée Chandon (Paris, 1885 – Paris, 1944). Who was she? We will find...