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Published on 19 September 2019
Selenography: 350 years of lunar mapping
For the fiftieth anniversary of Man’s first step on the Moon, on July 20-21 2019, the Paris Observatory will open its own unequalled maps of the Moon....
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Published on 18 September 2019
Giant bubbles discovered close to the center of the Milky Way
An international team of astronomers, including a French scientist at the Paris Observatory - PSL has discovered, using the MeerKAT radio-telescope in...
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Published on 16 September 2019
The Cosmic Snake reveals huge molecular clouds
An international team including scientists from the Paris Observatory - PSL has detected clouds of molecules in a galaxy 8 billion light years away. This...
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Published on 16 September 2019
Ane Aanesland, CNRS 2019 medalist for innovation
CNRS scientist at the plasma physics laboratory (CNRS/Ecole polytechnique/Observatoire de Paris/Université Paris-Sud/Sorbonne Université), Ane Aanesland...
News from the labs
Published on 6 September 2019
Radio emission from a pulsar’s magnetic pole revealed by general relativity
Using data from the Arecibo and Nançay radio telescopes collected over the past 14 years, a scientific team led by a researcher at the Paris Observatory was...
Highlights
Published on 18 July 2019
In Ardèche, hunting meteorites
Discover the audio report produced by the CNRS Journal, broadcast on July 1, 2019, dedicated to a recent fight by astronomer François Colas of the...
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Published on 29 May 2019
The solar eclipse of 1919 reappears in the archives of the Observatoire de Paris!
Le centenaire de l’observation de l’éclipse solaire du 29 mai 1919 par des astronomes britanniques fait l’objet d’un colloque scientifique de l’Union...
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Published on 23 May 2019
Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth’s Oceans
The mystery of why Earth has so much water, allowing our “blue marble” to support an astounding array of life, is clearer with new research into comets....
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Published on 14 May 2019
Gaia has discovered 3 new asteroids
In December 2018 ESA’s Gaia satellite found three heretofore unknown asteroids. This discovery was confirmed with the help of an extremely efficient...
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Published on 10 May 2019
Spring on Pluto: an analysis over 30 years
Whenever it passes in front of a star, Pluto provides precious information about its atmosphere, precious because occultations by Pluto are rare. The survey...