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Highlights
Published on 19 December 2023
Astrometry, mapping and distance scales in the Universe
Gaia’s most innovative instrument is the astrometer, which measures the distances between stars (nearly 1.5 billion distances!). These are invaluable not...
Highlights
Published on 19 December 2023
The eventful history of the Milky Way
One of the major objectives of the Gaia mission is to shed light on the structure, formation and evolution of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. In 10 years and...
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...