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Published on 8 November 2016
The Stellar Seismic Indices (SSI) data base
The oscillation spectra obtained by the CoRoT and Kepler space missions have enabled the detection of solar-type oscillations in a large number of red giant...
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Published on 7 November 2016
Discovery of a very old binary star
An international team of scientists led by a member of the Paris Observatory has discovered, with the help of ESO’s 8.2 m VLT telescope, a 13 billion year...
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Published on 7 November 2016
An inertial sensor built by the SYRTE unveils a curious quantum dance
Experimental work carried out in the SYRTE department of the Paris Observatory, followed by comparison with a theoretical model developed at the Laboratory...
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Published on 21 October 2016
The Future of Alpha Centauri A rare opportunity for planet hunting in Alpha Centauri A predicted for 2028
A very rare gravitational lensing event, set to occur in 2028, has been predicted by a team of French astronomers led by Pierre Kervella of the...
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Published on 28 September 2016
September 30th | Rosetta: follow its landing on the comet in real time
On Friday, September 30th, 2016, ESA’s space probe Rosetta will complete its mission by landing on the comet which it has been scrutinizing for over two...
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Published on 27 September 2016
Novae! lithium factories
An international team of scientists, which includes an astrophysicist from the Paris Observatory, has shown that a nova type star has a significant quantity...
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Published on 16 September 2016
A famished black hole masks out a bright galaxy
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the NASA/ESA consortium’s Hubble space telescope, and NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope, and international team of astronomers...
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Published on 16 September 2016
Publication of final data from the CoRoT
In July 2016, the CoRoT team at the Paris Observatory will make available all the data produced by the mission. The light curves of over 160 000 stars in our...
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Published on 13 September 2016
The OSIRIS-REx mission launched successfully!
The NASA mission OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer) was launched successfully on Friday...
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Published on 8 September 2016
The internal structure of the dwarf planet Ceres revealed
The dwarf planet Ceres is «partially differentiated»: it has a rocky core surrounded by a mantle rich in volatile elements. That is what emerges from the...