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The James Webb Space Telescope explained by those who made it
This time, it’s here! The James Webb Space Telescope, or "Webb", is in Kourou and will be launched by an Ariane rocket on December 22, 2021. Yes, it is with...
Birth of a new meteor shower: "Les Arides"
After having predicted its coming, scientists from Paris Observatory - PSL were able to observe on October 7, 2021 in the Chilean sky, a new meteor shower,...
Radio signals from dwarf stars detected: indicators of hidden planets?
Thanks to the European giant radio telescope LOFAR, an international team including researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL, has discovered dwarf stars that...
The comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko is indeed a binary object !
A new study conducted by researchers from Paris Observatory - PSL at the Laboratory of Space Studies and Astrophysics Instrumentation on the Rosetta space...
WEAVE: weaving optical fibers to explore the cosmos
At the top of the Roque de Los Muchachos on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, the William Herschel telescope has just welcomed its new...
Passage of a bolide in the French sky this Sunday September 5, 2021
A very luminous bolide was seen by many witnesses during the night of Sunday September 5, 2021, at 23h 47min (French legal time), from a large North-West...
ESA gives green light to EnVision mission
On June 10, 2021, the ESA program committee selected the EnVision mission, thus renewing the exploration of Venus. The realization phase will thus be able to...
Live on June 10, 2021: the solar eclipse
On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at midday occurs an annular eclipse of the Sun. In France, it will be observable in a partial form. To allow everyone to enjoy...
The asteroid Apophis observed for the first time by stellar occultation
The near-Earth asteroid Apophis is being closely monitored on a planetary scale because of its very close passage to the Earth in 2029. For the first time,...
How to find the geographic North on Mars?
After the SEIS seismometer landed on Mars in 2018, Denis Savoie, astronomer at Paris Observatory - PSL at SYRTE and a leading French specialist in gnomonics...