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French Astrophysics Week
The French Astronomical and Astrophysical Society Days ( Journées de la Société Française d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique (SF2A)) will take place from...
June 17th 2017: The astronomers go to another dome
On the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of their institute, the scientists of the Paris Observatory extend an invitation to be with...
May 3rd 2017 | Poetry and the Universe
The "Cosmos and poetry" event will take place on wednesday, May 3rd 2017
gtom 16h to 23h30 at the l’École Normale Supérieur, with Jean-Pierre
Luminet,...
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.