Current research
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Highlights
Published on 30 May 2024
A young planetary system revealed by one of the JWST coronagraphs
Developed at Paris Observatory - PSL, the coronagraph of the Webb Telescope’s MIRI instrument is living up to its promise. In the as-yet unexplored...
Highlights
Published on 28 May 2024
ESA’s Euclid mission delivers its first scientific results
On Thursday May 23, 2024, the Euclid consortium, including scientists from Paris Observatory - PSL, publishes its first scientific papers based on...
Highlights
Published on 7 May 2024
What’s the weather like on the exoplanet WASP-43 b?
An international team, including researchers from CEA and Observatoire de Paris - PSL, is mapping the meteorology of the hot gas giant WASP-43 b, using the...
Highlights
Published on 26 April 2024
Saturn’s moon hides a vast ocean beneath its surface
After ten years of suspense following the discovery of an anomaly in its rotation, Mimas, the smallest of Saturn’s eight main moons, has finally been proven...
Highlights
Published on 26 April 2024
NASA confirms Dragonfly mission
NASA has just confirmed the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s organic-rich moon Titan for April 2024. This decision allows the mission to progress to completion...
News from the labs
Published on 17 April 2024
GW230529: Observation of the merger of a neutron star and an unknown compact object
On May 29, 2023, during the first part of the fourth observation period (O4a) of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA, detectors, a particular merger of two stars was...
Press releases
Published on 16 April 2024
France delivers MIRS infrared imaging spectrometer for Japanese MMX space mission
On April 5, 2024, the flight model of the MIRS (acronym for MMX InfraRed Spectrometer) instrument was officially delivered, under the responsibility of...
Press releases
Published on 16 April 2024
Discovery of a record-mass stellar black hole in our Galaxy
By mining raw data from the European Gaia satellite, the DPAC collaboration has uncovered the existence of a stellar-type black hole whose record mass belies...
News from the labs
Published on 5 April 2024
The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024... partially visible in overseas France
On April 8, 2024, the first total solar eclipse of the year will take place. French citizens will be able to see a partial eclipse in certain overseas...
Press releases
Published on 29 March 2024
Bruno Sicardy, winner of the Prix Jules Janssen 2023
On Wednesday April 10, 2024, the Société Astronomique de France will award the Prix Jules Janssen 2023 to Bruno Sicardy, Professor at Sorbonne University and...