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Highlights Published on 21 November 2023

A radically new view of dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way

Commonly thought to be long-lived satellites of our galaxy, a new study now finds indications that most dwarf galaxies might in fact be destroyed soon after...
Highlights Published on 13 November 2023

First detection of a 52-proton heavy element in a stellar merger

Mobilizing several telescopes, both ground-based and space-based, an international team, including three scientists from Observatoire de Paris - PSL,...
Highlights Published on 10 November 2023

First SKA-Low bricks in Australia

The SKA-Low section of the future SKA giant radio telescope is taking shape in Australia. This was confirmed by members of the SKA Observatory Council, who...
Highlights Published on 2 November 2023

The loss of brightness of Betelgeuse as seen by the Matisse instrument at the VLTI

Obtained by scientists at the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, using the Matisse instrument at ESO’s VLTI, new images of Betelgeuse appear in a Letter in the...
News from the labs Published on 3 October 2023

Radio bursts: from Jupiter to the stars

The combined results of two recent papers illustrate how studies of radio emissions from Jupiter can be transposed to star systems. Mauduit et al. [1] have...
Highlights Published on 27 June 2023

Methyl cation (CH3+) detected for the first time in space

Using data provided by the James Webb Space Telescope, an international scientific team, including five researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, has...
Highlights Published on 15 June 2023

Towards more precise atomic clocks with quantum entanglement

Atomic clocks are among the most accurate measuring instruments in the world, but there is still room for improvement. Today, a collaboration between the...
Highlights Published on 17 May 2023

ELT: MICADO enters the manufacturing phase

MICADO, the first light camera for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), is nearing completion of its design phase. The partners of the MICADO consortium,...
Highlights Published on 3 May 2023

Geological evidence of Mercury’s chaotic orbit

In a study conducted by Paris Observatory - PSL and Sorbonne University, a sedimentary record confirms the strong chaos in the Solar System and the strong...
Highlights Published on 9 April 2023

JUICE: Contributions from Observatoire de Paris - PSL

Europe is leaving to conquer Jupiter and its icy moons with the launch of the JUICE mission, on Thursday April 13, 2023, at 2:15 pm (French legal time)....