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The solar eclipse of 1919 reappears in the archives of the Observatoire de Paris!
Le centenaire de l’observation de l’éclipse solaire du 29 mai 1919 par des astronomes britanniques fait l’objet d’un colloque scientifique de l’Union...
Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth’s Oceans
The mystery of why Earth has so much water, allowing our “blue marble” to support an astounding array of life, is clearer with new research into comets....
Gaia has discovered 3 new asteroids
In December 2018 ESA’s Gaia satellite found three heretofore unknown asteroids. This discovery was confirmed with the help of an extremely efficient...
Spring on Pluto: an analysis over 30 years
Whenever it passes in front of a star, Pluto provides precious information about its atmosphere, precious because occultations by Pluto are rare. The survey...
A new laser to measure carbon dioxide
An international team of scientists from Heidelberg University and from the Paris Observatory’s Laboratory for the study of radiation (Observatoire de...
Storm on an exoplanet
With the help of optical interferometry, an international team of scientists led by a CNRS scientist from the Observatoire de Paris – PSL in the Laboratory...
The Large Magellanic Cloud is 1,53 billion km away
The distance of the Large Magellanic Coud, the closest satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, has been determined with a heretofore unequaled and formal accuracy...
CTA: the american prototype, with the same technology as the Meudon model
On Thursday 17th of January 2019, scientists from the Paris Observatory weer present at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (Arizona)for the...
Record breaking performance for a cold atom inertial sensor
A team of scientists at the time-space reference systems laboratory of the Paris Observatory is improving the efficiency of cold atomic detectors via a...
The January 21st 2019 total eclipse of the Moon in picturers
Exceptional meteorological conditions and a completely clear sky offered Paris Observatory astronomers optimal conditions to observe and photograph the total...