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A groundbreaking technical advance with unprecedented support from artificial intelligence
Phase B1 of MOSAIC marked a key milestone: the validation of the instrument’s system architecture, which is consistent and fully meets the scientific...
The James Webb telescope discovers its first exoplanet
A team led by a CNRS researcher from Observatoire de Paris - PSL has just enabled the James Webb Space Telescope to make its first direct imaging discovery...
Towards a new definition of the second thanks to a global network of atomic clocks
Published on June 12, 2025 in the journal Optica, an international study presents the simultaneous comparison of ten optical clocks in six countries, via...
Thirty years of Franco-Ukrainian cooperation in radio astronomy recognized by the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
For over three decades, teams at Observatoire de Paris-PSL have been working closely with the Kharkiv Institute of Radio Astronomy (IRA) in Ukraine. This...
60 years of observing the cosmos: the Grand Radiotélescope de Nançay, a giant still at work
May 14, 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the Grand Radiotélescope at the Observatoire Radioastronomique de Nançay (ORN). Inaugurated in 1965 by General de...
PHARAO successfully launched
On Monday April 21, 2025, PHARAO (Projet d’Horloge Atomique par Refroidissement d’Atomes en Orbite - Atomic Clock by Cooling Atoms in Orbit) became the first...
A new day on Uranus
Using the aurora of Uranus as a celestial clock, a team led by Paris Observatory - PSL has tackled a decades-old problem: redefining the rotation speed of...
World Water Day... how about a look into space?
Every year, World Water Day reminds us how precious this resource is on our planet. But its story is not limited to Earth! Water also intrigues astronomers,...
Researchers discover hidden treasures in MeerKAT’s archive of observations
An international team of researchers, including scientists from Observatoire de Paris - PSL, Rhodes University’s Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and...
The mass of the Andromeda galaxy is revised downwards
Using the most sophisticated dynamical model of the Andromeda galaxy and of its past history, a team led by an astronomer from the LIRA at the Paris...