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Discovery of a Third Planet Orbiting the Star β Pictoris
Using ESO’s VLT and the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team—including researchers from the Paris Observatory - PSL—has achieved the feat of...
An unknown spectral signature detected on the surfaces of Titan and Pluto
An international team led by two researchers from the Paris Observatory - PSL has identified a mysterious spectral signature on the surfaces of Titan and...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a messenger from the far reaches of our galaxy
An international team, including three researchers from the Paris Observatory - PSL, published a major study on Comet 3I/ATLAS - the third interstellar...
First light in the laboratory for the French AIRS instrument on the ARIEL mission
Under testing since March 2026 at the Paris Observatory - PSL, the French AIRS spectrometer for the future ARIEL telescope has successfully reached a crucial...
France becomes a full member of the SKA Observatory
France has officially become the 14th member state of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), the intergovernmental organisation building and...
First ever live observation of the rotation of a planetary nursery
An international team led by a CNRS researcher from the Paris Observatory - PSL at the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics has...
SKAO: the French astrophysics community rallies behind the world’s largest radio observatory
From 19 to 21 May 2026, the French astrophysics community gathered at the Meudon campus of the Paris Observatory - PSL, for the conference ‘SKA: an...
A Strange Story About the Center Flash
A French team, including a researcher from the Paris Observatory – PSL, Sorbonne University, and the CNRS, along with a researcher from Jean Monnet...
What time is it on the Moon?
Interest in exploring the Moon and its surroundings has been on the rise over the past decade, as evidenced by the Artemis (NASA), LunaNET (NASA/ESA), and...
A Solar System in the making?
An international team of scientists, including three researchers from the Paris Observatory - PSL at the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Research in...