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Highlights
Published on 9 July 2026
An unknown spectral signature detected on the surfaces of Titan and Pluto
An international team led by two researchers from the Paris Observatory - PSL has identified a mysterious spectral signature on the surfaces of Titan and...
News from the labs
Published on 3 July 2026
A system of at least six exoplanets revealed after ten years of observations
An international team, including scientists from the Paris Observatory - PSL at the Time-Space Laboratory, has spent ten years studying an exceptional...
Highlights
Published on 24 June 2026
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a messenger from the far reaches of our galaxy
An international team, including three researchers from the Paris Observatory - PSL, published a major study on Comet 3I/ATLAS - the third interstellar...
Highlights
Published on 22 June 2026
First light in the laboratory for the French AIRS instrument on the ARIEL mission
Under testing since March 2026 at the Paris Observatory - PSL, the French AIRS spectrometer for the future ARIEL telescope has successfully reached a crucial...
Highlights
Published on 4 June 2026
France becomes a full member of the SKA Observatory
France has officially become the 14th member state of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), the intergovernmental organisation building and...
Highlights
Published on 1 June 2026
First ever live observation of the rotation of a planetary nursery
An international team led by a CNRS researcher from the Paris Observatory - PSL at the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics has...
Highlights
Published on 28 May 2026
SKAO: the French astrophysics community rallies behind the world’s largest radio observatory
From 19 to 21 May 2026, the French astrophysics community gathered at the Meudon campus of the Paris Observatory - PSL, for the conference ‘SKA: an...
Highlights
Published on 21 April 2026
A Strange Story About the Center Flash
A French team, including a researcher from the Paris Observatory – PSL, Sorbonne University, and the CNRS, along with a researcher from Jean Monnet...
Press releases
Published on 13 April 2026
When the MAJIS instrument, aboard the JUICE mission, crosses paths with the 3I/ATLAS interstellar spacecraft
The French instrument, to which the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics (LIRA) at the Paris Observatory – PSL is contributing, has...
Highlights
Published on 27 March 2026
What time is it on the Moon?
Interest in exploring the Moon and its surroundings has been on the rise over the past decade, as evidenced by the Artemis (NASA), LunaNET (NASA/ESA), and...