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MOSAIC for the ELT: A Gigantic Step into the Deep Universe
The proposed MOSAIC multi-object spectrograph will be the workhorse instrument for the future Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the biggest visible/infrared...
October 12th 2017, the asteroïd 2012 TC4 will cross the Earth’s orbit
On Thursday, October 12th 2017 at 5h42 UTC, at 7h42 French time, the asteroïd number 2012 TC4 will cross the Earth’s orbit, at a distance of 50 151 km from...
4th Oct. 2017 | 40th anniversary of the Nançay decameter array
On October 4th 2017, the decameter array at the Nançay radio-astronomical station will celebrate 40 years of uninterrupted observation and work. It has...
Focus on 40 years of observation with the Nançay decameter array
Modernized over time since its commissioning at the end of 1977, the Nançay decameter array (NDA) of the Nançay radio astronomy station distinguished itself...
Alain Brillet et Thibault Damour, 2017 CNRS gold medallists
On Wednesday, September 27th 2017, the physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour will receive the 2017 CNRS gold medal for their major contributions to...
September 15th 2017 | End of the Cassini mission
On Friday, 15th of September 2017, the Cassini-Huygens probe will dive once and for all into Saturn. A historic event which will be shown in real time at...
A huge bright spot on the surface of Betelgeuse revealed by ALMA
An article dated June 20th 2017 published in the European journal Astronomy & Astrophysics describes how an international team of scientists, including...
Delivery of the qualification model of SuperCam’s IR spectrometer
On June 9th 2017, the LESIA will deliver the qualification model of
the infra-red spectrometer of the SuperCam instrument.
April 19th 2017: surprise visit of a large asteroid!
On Wednesday April 19th 2017 à 14h23French civil time, the asteroid "2014 JO25" will pass by the Earth at a distance of 1,8 million km. The astronomers...
The collapse of a cliff reveals the original composition of comet 67P
In a paper published in the March 21st 2017 issue of /Nature Astronomy/ , an international tema of scientists, which includes a Paris Observatory scientist,...