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News from the labs
Published on 25 January 2021
CHEOPS finds unique planetary system tuned in a chain of Laplace resonances
The CHEOPS space telescope detects six planets orbiting the star TOI-178. Five of the planets are trapped in an exceptional chain of Laplace resonances in...
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Published on 21 December 2020
Jupiter and Saturn meet in the sky
This Monday, December 21, 2020 in the early hours of the night, Jupiter and Saturn are very close together. On this rare phenomenon, the Institute of...
News from the labs
Published on 16 October 2020
Phosphine on Venus : No detected traces in infrared spectra
An international team, coordinated by researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, at LESIA, has searched for the signature of PH3 on Venus in infrared spectra....
News from the labs
Published on 28 September 2020
First results of CHEOPS on an extreme exoplanet
The CHEOPS Space Telescope keeps its promises: Its first observations reveal the face of the exoplanet WASP-189b - one of the most extreme planets known....
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Published on 25 September 2020
Stellar winds observed with unprecedented detail
Using the ALMA radio telescope (Chile), an international team, involving researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL obtains a record of stellar winds escaping...
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Published on 18 September 2020
The Paris Observatory - PSL, partner of the exhibition "Science in Meudon".
Produced by the Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Meudon, the exhibition "Science in Meudon" follows in the footsteps of the major scientific...
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Published on 30 July 2020
Mars2020: a successful launch!
This Thursday, July 30, 2020, at 1:50 p.m. (Paris time), NASA’s Mars2020 was sent into space from Cape Canaveral. It carries on its board the Perseverance...
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Published on 30 July 2020
Aerographite: a promising material for photonic sails
A study in press in the European journal Astronomy & Astrophysics shows that aerographite, a form of carbon first synthesized in 2012, has promising...
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Published on 30 July 2020
NEOWISE, bright comet visible to the naked eye
Nicolas Biver, astrophysicist CNRS at the Paris Observatory - PSL, goes every night to meet the comet NEOWISE to photograph it. With the help of photographs,...
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Published on 30 July 2020
Major contribution of Paris Observatory to SuperCam on Mars2020
Between July 30 and August 15, 2020, NASA’s Mars2020 mission will be launched from Cape Canaveral and will take the Perseverance rover to the surface of...