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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Published on 6 August 2024
Help Euclid scientists classify galaxies...
From August 1, 2024, the members of the Euclid consortium, including scientists from Paris Observatory - PSL, invite you to take part in a citizen science...
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Published on 24 July 2024
A cold super-Jupiter pictured on the outskirts of the Solar System
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international scientific team, including two researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, has succeeded in...
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Published on 16 July 2024
Discovering the seas on Titan
Outside the Earth, the only seas known to date in the Solar System are on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Using data formerly collected by the Cassini probe,...
Press releases
Published on 11 July 2024
First evidence of a super-earth ocean
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of French planetary scientists, including a CNRS researcher from Observatoire de Paris - PSL, in...
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Published on 9 July 2024
"Thirty years on...: Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9’s collision with Jupiter".
Exactly thirty years ago, a rare event captivated astronomers. On July 16, 1994, multiple telescopes turned towards the planet Jupiter to observe live the...