Current research
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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...
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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)....
News from the labs
Published on 23 March 2023
Probing the interstellar medium of a very distant galaxy
A scientific team involving GEPI at the Paris Observatory - PSL observed with the ESO/VLT X-shooter spectrograph one of the most distant gamma-ray bursts...
Highlights
Published on 17 March 2023
Possible discovery of a dust plume emitted by an extrasolar comet
A research team involving a researcher from Paris Observatory - PSL has just published the possible discovery of a dust plume emitted by an extrasolar comet,...
Highlights
Published on 17 February 2023
How fast are the stars in the galaxy moving away from or toward you?
The stars in the sky are in motion relative to us: some are approaching - these are the dark areas on the image; others are moving away - the bright areas....
Highlights
Published on 16 February 2023
A fragment of asteroid 2023 CX1 found in Normandy
Supported by the Museum national d’histoire naturelle, the Observatoire de Paris - PSL, the Université Paris-Saclay and the OSU-Pytheas, the...
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Published on 14 February 2023
Detection of small planets around red dwarf stars
An international team involving researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL and CNRS has discovered and characterized a new exoplanet named TOI-1695b. It takes...