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March 7th ... 1667: acquisition of land for the Observatory
On March 7th 1667, land was acquired for the construction of the Royal Observatory, a project initiated by Louis XIVth and Colbert in order to endow France...
Contest "Instant scientist with the Cassini probe"
The 2016-2017 contest organized by the European Space Agency ESA opens on tuesday December 6th 2016. Régis Courtin, CNRS scientist at the Paaris...
340 years ago, Rømer showed that light has a finite speed
As soon as the Observatory was founded in 1667, a program to observe the jovian satellites was set up. As a direct result, in 1676 Jean-Dominique Cassini...
Meet our sky researchers
Organisées par l’Association française d’astronomie, les Rencontres du Ciel et de l’espace auront lieu cette année les 11, 12 et 13 novembre 2016 à la Cité...
The Paris Observatory: partner of the Space Caravan in Morocco
From the 27th to the 29th of September 2016, about fifteen Ph.D. students from the Paris Observatory will be involved in an original scientific...
The 170 years of the discovery of Neptune
170 years ago, Le Verrier became the most famous astronomer of the 19th century, because he discovered the 8th planet of the solar system, Neptune. The...
Dimanche 18 sept | Portes ouvertes à la station de radioastronomie de Nançay
L’Observatoire de Paris participe à la 33e édition des Journées européennes du patrimoine, en ouvrant les portes de sa station de radioastronomie dans le Cher.
New: a benchmark site for comets
With just a few mouse clicks, you can know everything about comets, from the myths to the realities: this is now easy thanks to a new benchmark site...
The Paris Observatory, partner to the First Light exhibition
The Paris Observatory is a partner to First Light, an exhibition on the frontier of art and science, conceived by the artist Lily Hibberd, on show at the...
The Paris Observatory, a scientific partner play
In the theater of the White Queen is played from October 21 to December 6, 2015 "The Universe unmasked ... almost" a play written by Benedict Mayer on the...