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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.
Highlights
Published on 14 April 2016
Upcoming event visible in France: the solar transit of Mercury
A rare astronomical phenomenon will take place on monday, 9th of May: the solar transit of Mercury.
Exhibitions and information
Published on 13 April 2016
New: a benchmark site for comets
With just a few mouse clicks, you can know everything about comets, from the myths to the realities: this is now easy thanks to a new benchmark site...
News : teaching
Published on 25 March 2016
April 4th 2016 | Start of the second session of the MOOC "Weighing the Universe"
Monday, the 4th of April 2016 marks the start on-line of the courses of the second MOOC «Weighing the Universe». Created by the Paris Observatory and the...