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Published on 2 June 2020
Link established with emerging microbial activity on the primitive Earth
Scientists from PSL University, within the ENS - PSL and Paris Observatory - PSL, in collaboration with CNRS researchers members of the UMI iGLOBES of the...
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Published on 26 May 2020
Presentation of the Charles Defforey Foundation Scientific Grand Prize
This year 2020, the Scientific Grand Prize, on the theme "Exoplanets", is awarded to Jean-Luc Beuzit [Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CNES, LAM (Marseille)],...
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Published on 25 May 2020
Two CNRS Crystal Medal winners
Two exceptional women, working in laboratories affiliated to the Paris Observatory - PSL are among the 24 laureates who are awarded the CNRS 2020 Crystal...
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Published on 20 May 2020
Signs of a planet forming around the star AB Aurigae
New observations of the stellar system AB Aurigae were carried out under the direction of a CNRS researcher from Paris Observatory - PSL, using the SPHERE...
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Published on 15 May 2020
Waltzing with the black hole at the center of our galaxy
We recently announced the detection of a very peculiar effect: a star from the center of our Galaxy is "dancing" in orbit around the supermassive black hole...
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Published on 5 May 2020
The ELT will be the largest telescope ever built...
The European organisation ESO has embarked on the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in the middle of the Chilean desert. The telescope and...
News from the labs
Published on 4 May 2020
General relativity confirmed using Nançay’s radiotelescope
A collaboration involving researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, CNRS and LPC2E (Orléans) reports in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics the most...
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Published on 10 April 2020
BepiColombo flies over the Earth
BepiColombo passes close to Earth on April 10, 2020 at 06:25 Paris time, before continuing its journey to Mercury. Launched on October 19, 2018 in Kourou,...
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Published on 17 February 2020
LOFAR pioneers new way to study exoplanet environments
Using the Dutch-led Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope, astronomers have discovered unusual radio waves coming from the nearby red dwarf star...
News from the labs
Published on 7 February 2020
The surface of the Sun is magnetized
A recent compilation of several spectroscopic observations of the surface of the Sun shows that the magnetic field gradient in the vertical direction is 3...