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News from the labs
Published on 5 April 2024
The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024... partially visible in overseas France
On April 8, 2024, the first total solar eclipse of the year will take place. French citizens will be able to see a partial eclipse in certain overseas...
Press releases
Published on 29 March 2024
Bruno Sicardy, winner of the Prix Jules Janssen 2023
On Wednesday April 10, 2024, the Société Astronomique de France will award the Prix Jules Janssen 2023 to Bruno Sicardy, Professor at Sorbonne University and...
Administrative news
Published on 25 March 2024
Mohammad Farhat wins double award for his celestial mechanics thesis
On February 23, 2024, Mohammad Farhat was awarded the Astronomy & Astrophysics 2024 prize for the best thesis produced at Observatoire de Paris - PSL,...
Highlights
Published on 22 March 2024
Facts about comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
An evening visitor in the spring of 2024, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is visible from the metropolis in the early hours of the morning until early April. A sight...
Highlights
Published on 14 March 2024
Lunar chronology revised by bombardment heterogeneity
An international team involving the IMCCE is recalibrating the study of lunar samples, taking into account for the first time the heterogeneity of the...
Highlights
Published on 12 March 2024
Triton atmospheric pressure: a new value is obtained
Triton, Neptune’s main satellite, passed in front of a star on October 6, 2022. This phenomenon prompted a vast campaign of observations in India, China and...
Administrative news
Published on 8 March 2024
March 8, 2024: Operation #poppies!
On this March 8, 2024, International Women’s Rights Day, the women scientists at Paris Observatory - PSL are rallying the "poppies" operation carried out by...
Highlights
Published on 1 March 2024
Is it raining rocks on WASP-43 b?
By comparing observations from the Webb telescope with numerical simulations from a climate model tailor-made for "hot Jupiter" exoplanets, a scientific team...
Press releases
Published on 29 February 2024
JWST witnesses the destruction of the equivalent of an ocean every month in space
An international team involving French scientists1 from Université Paris-Saclay, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, the joint laboratory INCLASS...
Press releases
Published on 29 February 2024
Presence of a "young" ocean under the Mimas ice sheet
It’s confirmed! Mimas, one of Saturn’s small moons, contains a global ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. What’s more, the ocean’s appearance...