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Venus, unlike Earth, has no intrinsic magnetic field. As a result, the solar wind interacts directly with its atmosphere, accelerating charged particles that can escape into space. In situ measurements […]
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MIRS, a small instrument weighing just ten kilos, is a veritable jewel of technology developed in just 4 years. Developed collectively by CNES, LESIA, LAB, LATMOS,OMP andIRAP, it will play […]
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The giant planets in our Solar System are extremely complex systems. They are first characterized by their intense magnetic field, which creates a magnetic cavity, the magnetosphere, protecting their direct […]
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A study carried out by a team of CNRS Terre & Univers researchers as part of the ERC SPIDI (Star Planets Inner Disk Interactions) project, has revealed the presence of […]
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The annual gathering of the Space Weather and Space Climate community, the European Space Weather Week, was organized by IRAP and took place in Toulouse on 20-24 November 2023. This […]
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The functional electrical model (EFM) of the Low-Energy Electron Spectrometer (LEES) instrument for which IRAP is responsible was delivered on March 5, 2024 to the Space Research Center (CBK) of […]
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How does a planetary system like the Solar System come into being? To find out, CNRS scientists working as part of an international research team (1) studied a stellar nursery, […]
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The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). SMILE is designed to investigate the […]
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An international team, including French scientists (1) from Université Paris-Saclay, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, the INCLASS joint laboratory (IAS/ACRI-ST), Observatoire de Paris-PSL, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS and CNES, […]