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Published on 1 December 2017
A series of super Moons !
Three super Moons will be here, one after the other : December 3rd 2017, followed by ones on the 1st and the 31st of January 2018. The Paris Observatory’s...
Administrative news
Published on 30 November 2017
NASA Silver Achievement Medal awarded to Antonella Barucci
NASA Silver Achievement Medal awarded to Antonella Barucci, astrophysicist at the Observatoire de Paris, for exceptional outstanding contributions to the...
Administrative news
Published on 24 November 2017
Nicolas Biver and Denis Savoie awarded by the Academy of Sciences Arago medal
On November 21st, 2017, Nicolas Biver received the Arago medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to astronomy. Denis Savoie received the Paul...
Administrative news
Published on 24 November 2017
Françoise Combes receives the Janssen Prize
November 17, 2017, The Société astronomique de France (SAF, the French astronomical society) awarded its prestigious international Jules-Janssen Prize to...
News : teaching
Published on 24 November 2017
The Paris Observatory: another kind of School
On Saturday November 4th, 2017, during the Télématin program on France 2, the journalist Anissa Arfaoui showed us another kind of school : the Cosmic School.
Highlights
Published on 20 October 2017
MOSAIC for the ELT: A Gigantic Step into the Deep Universe
The proposed MOSAIC multi-object spectrograph will be the workhorse instrument for the future Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the biggest visible/infrared...
Administrative news
Published on 16 October 2017
Alain Fuchs elected president of Paris Sciences & Lettres (PSL)
PSL press release, Paris, dated October 5th 2017 – Mr Alain Fuchs, president of the CNRS, was unanimously elected Presdient of Paris Sciences & Lettres...
Highlights
Published on 12 October 2017
October 12th 2017, the asteroïd 2012 TC4 will cross the Earth’s orbit
On Thursday, October 12th 2017 at 5h42 UTC, at 7h42 French time, the asteroïd number 2012 TC4 will cross the Earth’s orbit, at a distance of 50 151 km from...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 6 October 2017
A new mobile exhibition available : Comets !
Newly arrived in the catalogue of mobile exhibition, Comets : Tracking the origins of planetary system . This exhibition reviews the remarkable adventure of...
Highlights
Published on 4 October 2017
4th Oct. 2017 | 40th anniversary of the Nançay decameter array
On October 4th 2017, the decameter array at the Nançay radio-astronomical station will celebrate 40 years of uninterrupted observation and work. It has...