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GW230529: Observation of the merger of a neutron star and an unknown compact object
On May 29, 2023, during the first part of the fourth observation period (O4a) of the (...)
France delivers MIRS infrared imaging spectrometer for Japanese MMX space mission
On April 5, 2024, the flight model of the MIRS (acronym for MMX InfraRed Spectrometer) (...)
Discovery of a record-mass stellar black hole in our Galaxy
By mining raw data from the European Gaia satellite, the DPAC collaboration has uncovered the (...)
The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024... partially visible in overseas France
On April 8, 2024, the first total solar eclipse of the year will take place. French citizens (...)
Bruno Sicardy, winner of the Prix Jules Janssen 2023
On Wednesday April 10, 2024, the Société Astronomique de France will award the Prix Jules (...)
Facts about comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
An evening visitor in the spring of 2024, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is visible from the metropolis (...)
Lunar chronology revised by bombardment heterogeneity
An international team involving the IMCCE is recalibrating the study of lunar samples, taking (...)
Triton atmospheric pressure: a new value is obtained
Triton, Neptune’s main satellite, passed in front of a star on October 6, 2022. This (...)
Is it raining rocks on WASP-43 b?
By comparing observations from the Webb telescope with numerical simulations from a climate (...)
JWST witnesses the destruction of the equivalent of an ocean every month in space
An international team involving French scientists1 from Université Paris-Saclay, Université (...)
The aurora of Enceladus reveals itself one last time to Cassini
On September 14, 2017, during its final orbit around Saturn, the Cassini space probe observed (...)
Cosmic dawn observational progress with NenuFAR
The NenuFAR Cosmic Dawn project has taken an important step in the exploration of the Cosmic (...)