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By allowing plasmas to exchange their magnetic connection, the magnetic reconnection process enables the sudden release of magnetic energy in the form of accelerated particles and rapid, heated flows. For […]
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An X1.9-class solar flare that occurred on January 18 at 18:09 UT (Figure 1) generated a very fast solar storm directed towards Earth, causing a geomagnetic storm that began on […]
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December was an eventful month for the development of the VENSPEC-U imaging spectrometer (developed for the ENVISION mission by LATMOS, IRAP, LIRA, and IAA), with the first spectrum from the […]
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An international team of scientists led by Marianne Lemoine, Director of Research at LP2IB, with a contribution from IRAP, has just revealed, for the first time, a stream of particles […]
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Today, ESO has signed an agreement with a large international consortium for the design and construction of the Multi-Object Spectrograph (MOSAIC), an instrument for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Able […]
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Electric discharges have for the first time been recorded within the storms and whirlwinds of dust – known as dust devils – that sweep across the surface of Mars. Captured […]
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As part of the MACIV project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), a team of scientists deployed the largest mobile seismological network ever installed by a university team […]
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A team of scientists from several CNRS laboratories has just carried out a precise analysis of the source of the Mandalay earthquake of March 28, 2025 (Mw 7.7) using images […]
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Over the past 48 hours, solar activity has been exceptionally intense, characterized by several major class X flares. These events generated significant solar storms directed toward Earth, causing a geomagnetic […]