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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...
Highlights
Published on 19 June 2015
New light on the dark ages of the Universe
An international team led by a scientist from the CNRS in the « Galaxies, étoiles, physique, instrumentation » laboratory (GEPI – CNRS/Paris...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 16 June 2015
June 18, 2015 | an exhibition on the railings of the Paris Observatory
From Thursday 18 June to Sunday 1 November 2015 the Paris Observatory hosts to the gates of his Paris garden at 98 Boulevard Arago, a photographic exhibition...
Administrative news
Published on 1 June 2015
Science Grand Prix 2015 of the Simone and Cino del Duca Foundation
The Science Grand Prix 2015 of the Simone and Cino del Duca Foundation (275 000€) on General Relativity was awarded jointly to Patrice Hello (CNRS/IN2P3,...
Administrative news
Published on 26 May 2015
The memory of Jean-François Denisse honored by his peers
Jean-François Denisse passed away on the 17th of November 2014. He would have been 100 years old this year. In honour of this outstanding XXth century...
Highlights
Published on 22 May 2015
The large Nançay radiotelescope is 50 years old
On the 14th of May 1965, General de Gaulle, president of the Republic, inaugurated at Nançay a large radio telescope at the radioastronomical station of the...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 22 May 2015
30 to 31 May | The Paris Observatory partner of "Mysterious Lights"
The Paris Observatory supports the event "Mysterious Lights." Jointly organized by the Astronomy Club Urania, the association Diffusion Aurora and the City...
Highlights
Published on 22 May 2015
Astronomers witnessed a critical step in the formation of stars
Une équipe de recherche franco-espagnole est parvenue à identifier des signes très sérieux de la présence d’un « premier cœur hydrostatique » dans une...