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Highlights
Published on 4 May 2015
The galactic clock caught out
The astronomers of the Paris Observatory, working in concert with an international collaboration, have discovered a group of strange red giant stars, whose...
News from the labs
Published on 11 April 2015
Ubiquity of interplanetary nanodust particles from Cassini observations
An international team, led by astronomers from Paris Observatory, has measured for the first time the distribution of nanodust particles in the...
Highlights
Published on 10 April 2015
Headway in mapping extragalactic interstellar organic matter
With the help of data furnished by the whole-field spectrograph MUSE, recently installed at the VLT, a team of astronomers led by Ana Monreal-Ibero from...
Administrative news
Published on 2 April 2015
two vice-presidents re-appointed
Marie-Christine Angonin, vice-president of the administrative committee and et Guy Perrin, vice-president of the science policy committee, were both...
Highlights
Published on 24 March 2015
March 29, 2015: transition to summer time
The next time change will take place on the night of Sunday, March 29, 2015 for France. This operation is ensured at the Observatory of Paris, in the...
Highlights
Published on 23 March 2015
Reliving the partial eclipse replay
Friday, March 20, 2015 there was a partial solar eclipse, 9 am 20 to 11 h 40 in Ile-de-France.
Highlights
Published on 17 March 2015
Observing the eclipse: safety instructions
While the partial eclipse, which will be visible throughout France on the morning of Friday, March 20th, is definitely an event not to be missed, its...
Exhibitions and information
Published on 9 March 2015
On sale, March 5th 2015
20th MARCH 2015 - UNE ECLIPSE EN LUMIERE
Prepared by the Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides de l’Observatoire de Paris (the...
Highlights
Published on 4 March 2015
Rosetta: ground level images of the comet
After having grazed the comet at a distance of 6km on the 14th of February 2015, the Rosetta probe has furnished an unprecedently high resolution image of...
News from the labs
Published on 3 February 2015
GAIA discovers diffuse band (DIB) absorptions and probe the interstellar medium
Researchers from Paris Observatory have uncovered for the first time in the spectra of GAIA absorption lines of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIB). The...