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Published on 18 February 2019
CTA: the american prototype, with the same technology as the Meudon model
On Thursday 17th of January 2019, scientists from the Paris Observatory weer present at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (Arizona)for the...
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Published on 4 February 2019
Record breaking performance for a cold atom inertial sensor
A team of scientists at the time-space reference systems laboratory of the Paris Observatory is improving the efficiency of cold atomic detectors via a...
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Published on 23 January 2019
The January 21st 2019 total eclipse of the Moon in picturers
Exceptional meteorological conditions and a completely clear sky offered Paris Observatory astronomers optimal conditions to observe and photograph the total...
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Published on 12 December 2018
Comet Wirtanen in the December 2018 sky
On Sunday December 16th 2018, comet Wirtanen will pass very close to the Earth. In the case of known comets, this will be one of the best occasions for the...
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Published on 4 December 2018
When GALILEO confirms Einstein’s predictions
Time flows faster far from the Earth. This prediction, made by Einstein, has been successfully tested by physicists from the Paris Observatory - PSL in...
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Published on 7 November 2018
ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain
Observations by ALMA and data from the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s VLT have revealed a colossal fountain of molecular gas powered by a black hole in the...
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Published on 6 November 2018
Muquans validates its quantum gravimeter
The first commercial, compact and transportable quantum gravimeter was used during a series of measurement campaigns lasting many days by a team of...
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Published on 6 November 2018
Transparent ice on Mars!
How can one show that there is transparent ice on Mars? By the very definition of "transparent", the observer sees through the object, and so it is very...
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Published on 2 November 2018
Most Detailed Observations of Material Orbiting close to a Black Hole
ESO’s exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the centre...
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Published on 29 October 2018
Passage of a very bright bolide in the French sky
Un bolide très brillant a été vu ce matin du jeudi 11 octobre 2018, à 7h27 (temps légal français), dans le ciel de la moitié nord de la France, par de...