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Comet Wirtanen in the December 2018 sky
On Sunday December 16th 2018, comet Wirtanen will pass very close to the Earth. In the case of known comets, this will be one of the best occasions for the...
When GALILEO confirms Einstein’s predictions
Time flows faster far from the Earth. This prediction, made by Einstein, has been successfully tested by physicists from the Paris Observatory - PSL in...
ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain
Observations by ALMA and data from the MUSE spectrograph on ESO’s VLT have revealed a colossal fountain of molecular gas powered by a black hole in the...
Muquans validates its quantum gravimeter
The first commercial, compact and transportable quantum gravimeter was used during a series of measurement campaigns lasting many days by a team of...
Transparent ice on Mars!
How can one show that there is transparent ice on Mars? By the very definition of "transparent", the observer sees through the object, and so it is very...
Most Detailed Observations of Material Orbiting close to a Black Hole
ESO’s exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the centre...
Passage of a very bright bolide in the French sky
Un bolide très brillant a été vu ce matin du jeudi 11 octobre 2018, à 7h27 (temps légal français), dans le ciel de la moitié nord de la France, par de...
Discovery of a second non-carbon star in the Galaxy
An international team oàf scientists including French CNRS astrophysicists from the Strasbourg astronomical observatory, from the Côte d’Azur observatory...
Confirmed, a universal law opens perspectives for exoplanets
Partant de l’analyse fine des émissions radio entre Jupiter et son satellite Io, des astrophysiciens de l’Observatoire de Paris - PSL apporte une...
Milky Way churned up by galactic fender bender
The movements of over six million stars in the Milky Way have been tracked, revealing that groups of stars follow different courses as they orbit the...