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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...
Highlights
Published on 18 March 2016
MOSAIC, the Multi-Object Spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)
On March 18, 2016, during the MOSAIC kick-off meeting at the Paris Observatory in the presence of the team(*) led by François Hammer, The European Southern...
Administrative news
Published on 5 February 2016
Death of Jean-Louis Steinberg, astronomer at the Paris Observatory
Jean-Louis Steinberg, astronome at the Paris Observatory, passed away onµThursday, 21st of January; he was 93 years old He was one of the pioneers of...
Highlights
Published on 4 February 2016
Just 30 years ago took place the unique overview of Uranus ...
On January 24, 1986, exactly 30 years ago, the Voyager2 mission flew over Uranus, the seventh planet of the solar system. This unique exploration has never...