Current research
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Highlights
Published on 4 July 2024
International LOFAR Telescope evolves into European consortium
The ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) LOFAR, officially launched on January 22, was inaugurated on June 10, 2024 in Dwingeloo (Netherlands)....
Highlights
Published on 26 June 2024
Successful launch of the Franco-Chinese SVOM space mission
On June 22, 2024, the Franco-Chinese SVOM space mission was successfully launched by the Chinese Long March 2C launcher from the Xichang launch base in...
Press releases
Published on 24 June 2024
First observation of brown dwarfs very close to their host stars
In France, the scientists involved are CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes and Observatoire de Paris - PSL [1] have observed brown dwarfs orbiting very close to...
Highlights
Published on 6 June 2024
The origin of the "slow" solar wind: an enigma solved!
How is the solar wind created? Despite decades of observations and modeling, the causes of this phenomenon, which originates at the Sun’s surface, and the...
Highlights
Published on 6 June 2024
Discovery of an exo-Earth around an ultra-cold star
A scientific team, including a researcher from Observatoire de Paris - PSL, has announced the discovery of SPECULOOS-3b: a rocky planet the size of Earth...
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...