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Highlights
Published on 8 January 2025
Franco-Dutch team wins third SKAO Data Challenge
The international DOTSS-21 team, comprising researchers from France’s CNRS Terre & Univers (Observatoire de Paris, ENS) and the Netherlands (Kapteyn...
Highlights
Published on 18 December 2024
How to reveal the atmosphere of an exoplanet: the case of TRAPPIST-1 b
Recent observations highlight the challenges involved in confirming the presence of an atmosphere on an exoplanet from thermal emission data alone. Conducted...
Press releases
Published on 3 December 2024
A new theory to explain the origin of water on Earth
A team led by an astronomer from Observatoire de Paris - PSL at the Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA -...
Highlights
Published on 29 November 2024
Young stars discovered in spheroidal dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way
Using data from ESA’s Gaia satellite and observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), a research team from CNRS Terre & Univers and Paris...
Highlights
Published on 15 November 2024
Unexpected discovery of a link between black hole jets and their host galaxies
In our study published today, November 14, 2024, in the journal Nature Astronomy we demonstrate that there is a connection between the near region of a black...
Highlights
Published on 14 October 2024
Starlink satellites: a threat to astronomical observations
A new study published online on September 18, 2024, in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, involving scientists from Observatoire de Paris - PSL...
Highlights
Published on 9 October 2024
30 years of declining Arctic sea ice volume, seen by satellite
A study published on September 9, 2024 in Scientific Reports, involving a researcher from the Laboratoire d’étude du rayonnement et de la matière en...
Highlights
Published on 25 September 2024
Will comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS survive its perihelion?
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comes within sight of the Solar System it left millions of years ago, in the early autumn of 2024. Follow the advice of the...
Highlights
Published on 16 September 2024
ESA’s Cluster mission draws to a close
After 24 years of loyal service in space, ESA’s Cluster mission is about to draw to a close. On September 8, 2024 at 20:02 CEST, the Salsa satellite (the 2nd...
Highlights
Published on 15 September 2024
The ELT’s MICADO instrument enters the construction phase
On September 3, 2024, ESO successfully completed the final design review of MICADO, the future high-resolution camera for the Extremely Large Telescope. This...