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News from the labs
Published on 8 July 2016
The THEMIS telescope reveals the fine structure of the magnetic field at the solar surface outside of active regions
A key objective of the French THEMIS solar telescope, located in the Teide Observatory in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, is to study the magnetic field and...
Highlights
Published on 4 July 2016
Involvements of the Paris Observatory in Juno mission
After a journey of 5 years, NASA’s Juno probe will station itelf in orbit around Jupiter on July 5th at about 5h35 am, French time. Much is expected from...
Administrative news
Published on 4 July 2016
The Paris Observatory partner of the Jupiter evening at the Cité de l’Espace
To celebrate the injection of Juno into an orbit around Jupiter, the "Cité de l’espace" is organizing a special evening at Toulouse, on Monday, July 4th,...
Administrative news
Published on 1 July 2016
PSL: The fashion collection of the EnsAD photographed at the Paris Observatory
On the 3rd of June 2016, the Paris Observatory was the prestigious site for the "fashion" shooting of the 2016 alumni of the "École nationale supérieure des...
Highlights
Published on 28 June 2016
An unexpected excess of hot Jupiters within a star cluster
An international team of scientists, which includes a CNRS scientist at the Paris Observatory, has uncovered a surprising fact: the stellar cluster Messier...
Highlights
Published on 28 June 2016
GRAVITY probing the physics of black holes
For the first time, the newest instrument of all, GRAVITY, was used by a European teeam of scientists - which includes astronomers from the Paris...
Administrative news
Published on 14 June 2016
Inauguration of the Saint-Véran "Maison du Soleil"
The Saint-Véran "Maison du Soleil" was inaugurated on Thursday, June 9th 2016 in the presence, among others, of Thierry Mandon, secretary of state...
Highlights
Published on 8 June 2016
Black Hole Fed by Cold Intergalactic Deluge
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has witnessed a cosmic weather event that has never been...
News from the labs
Published on 7 May 2016
Star Formation and Feedback: A Molecular Outflow–Prestellar Core Interaction in L1689N
The molecular cloud L1689N contains a prestellar core, characterized by a high deuteration level, indicating of high density and freeze-out of molecules on...
Highlights
Published on 20 April 2016
Details about the transit of Mercury .....
On Monday, May 9th, 2016 will arise a rare astronomical phenomenon: the passage of Mercury in front of the Sun.