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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...
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...