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Highlights
Published on 7 October 2015
First direct observation of the dust ring of NGC 1068
Thanks to the unprecedented performance of the SPHERE instrument recently installed at the VLT, , a team of scientists led by Damien Gratadour hass been able...
News : teaching
Published on 25 September 2015
On line opening of the Paris Observatory’s first MOOC
On September 14 2015, the Paris Observatory opens on line its very first MOOC «Weighing the Universe», on the platform France Université Numérique (FUN)....
Highlights
Published on 23 September 2015
Construction of the MICADO camera for the E-ELT officially starts
The contract for the construction of the MICADO camera was signed on Friday, September 18th. Destined for the future giant telescope E-ELT planned for...
Highlights
Published on 18 September 2015
Shipped in Chile, GRAVITY was successfully tested
Instrument partly designed and built at the Observatory of Paris at the Laboratory for Space Studies and Astrophysics Instrumentation (LESIA), GRAVITY...
Highlights
Published on 15 September 2015
The law of magnetic helicity in the process of confirmation
Appliquée jusqu’à présent dans un cadre hypothétique comme une loi de conservation, l’hélicité magnétique intervient pour mesurer le niveau de torsion et...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 24 August 2015
June 27, 2015 | Exhibition "Comets" at the Museum of Air and Space
The Paris Observatory is a partner of the exhibition "Comets: the origins of planetary systems" to be held at the Museum of Air and Space, of June 27, 2015...
News from the labs
Published on 21 August 2015
Is the black hole in NGC 1277 really obese?
It is well known that each galaxy hosts in its nucleus a super-massive black hole, of mass equal to 0.2-1% of its bulge mass. Recently a few exceptions of...
Highlights
Published on 3 August 2015
Stop on the leap second
On July 1, 2015, at 2 am in France, it is necessary to delay the watches of a second.
Highlights
Published on 28 July 2015
Inauguration of the GATE platform in Meudon
Wednesday, June 24, 2015, the Paris Observatory, CNRS and CEA and the Region Ile de France inaugurated the platform Gamma-ray Telescope Elements (GATE) to...
News from the labs
Published on 25 June 2015
An exoplanet in transit, from visible to X-rays: Venus as a probe
The atoms in the upper atmosphere of planets can absorb high-energy photons (UV and soft X-rays) when passing in front of their stars, increasing their...