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Have we discovered the smallest extra-solar planet?
Using pulsar timing techniques at the decimeter radio telescope of the Nançay Radio Observatory, an international team comprising researchers from CNRS,...
Gaia satellite ceases observations
January 15, 2025 marks the end of scientific observations by ESA’s Gaia satellite, after 3,827 days spent measuring... almost two billion objects in our...
CTAO becomes a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
Preparations for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) reached a crucial milestone on January 7, 2025, when the European Commission awarded the...
Franco-Dutch team wins third SKAO Data Challenge
The international DOTSS-21 team, comprising researchers from France’s CNRS Terre & Univers (Observatoire de Paris, ENS) and the Netherlands (Kapteyn...
How to reveal the atmosphere of an exoplanet: the case of TRAPPIST-1 b
Recent observations highlight the challenges involved in confirming the presence of an atmosphere on an exoplanet from thermal emission data alone. Conducted...
Young stars discovered in spheroidal dwarf galaxies surrounding the Milky Way
Using data from ESA’s Gaia satellite and observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), a research team from CNRS Terre & Univers and Paris...
Unexpected discovery of a link between black hole jets and their host galaxies
In our study published today, November 14, 2024, in the journal Nature Astronomy we demonstrate that there is a connection between the near region of a black...
Starlink satellites: a threat to astronomical observations
A new study published online on September 18, 2024, in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, involving scientists from Observatoire de Paris - PSL...
30 years of declining Arctic sea ice volume, seen by satellite
A study published on September 9, 2024 in Scientific Reports, involving a researcher from the Laboratoire d’étude du rayonnement et de la matière en...
Will comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS survive its perihelion?
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comes within sight of the Solar System it left millions of years ago, in the early autumn of 2024. Follow the advice of the...