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Highlights
Published on 28 June 2016
An unexpected excess of hot Jupiters within a star cluster
An international team of scientists, which includes a CNRS scientist at the Paris Observatory, has uncovered a surprising fact: the stellar cluster Messier...
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Published on 28 June 2016
GRAVITY probing the physics of black holes
For the first time, the newest instrument of all, GRAVITY, was used by a European teeam of scientists - which includes astronomers from the Paris...
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Published on 8 June 2016
Black Hole Fed by Cold Intergalactic Deluge
An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has witnessed a cosmic weather event that has never been...
News from the labs
Published on 7 May 2016
Star Formation and Feedback: A Molecular Outflow–Prestellar Core Interaction in L1689N
The molecular cloud L1689N contains a prestellar core, characterized by a high deuteration level, indicating of high density and freeze-out of molecules on...
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Published on 20 April 2016
Details about the transit of Mercury .....
On Monday, May 9th, 2016 will arise a rare astronomical phenomenon: the passage of Mercury in front of the Sun.
Highlights
Published on 14 April 2016
Upcoming event visible in France: the solar transit of Mercury
A rare astronomical phenomenon will take place on monday, 9th of May: the solar transit of Mercury.
Highlights
Published on 18 March 2016
MOSAIC, the Multi-Object Spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)
On March 18, 2016, during the MOSAIC kick-off meeting at the Paris Observatory in the presence of the team(*) led by François Hammer, The European Southern...
Highlights
Published on 4 February 2016
Just 30 years ago took place the unique overview of Uranus ...
On January 24, 1986, exactly 30 years ago, the Voyager2 mission flew over Uranus, the seventh planet of the solar system. This unique exploration has never...
Highlights
Published on 19 January 2016
First critical edition of the work of Copernicus
De revolutionibus Orbium coelestium, the work of Nicolas Copernicus famous, now has a critical edition of the Latin text with French translation. To...
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Published on 19 January 2016
First Cherenkov light "Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope"
On 26 November 2015, the "Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope" (TAG), telescope prototype proposed for future large international network "Cherenkov Telescope...