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Delivery of the electrical model of the LEES instrument for the Comet Interceptor mission

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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Scientists discover radiation from massive stars shapes planetary systems

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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CDPP 3DView web-service for SMILE SXI synthetic X-ray observations

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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The James Webb telescope witnesses the destruction of a terrestrial ocean every month.

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, […]

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Perseverance: 3 years of Martian adventures

3 years ago, on February 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater on Mars. The mission teams – more than 500 scientists and engineers worldwide – are […]

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New clues to mysterious radio signals from deep space

Thanks to two NASA X-ray telescopes, an international team of scientists involving the Toulouse-based Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP/OMP – CNES/CNRS/UT3) has been able to observe a […]

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DORN instrument heads for the Moon

The DORN (Detection of Outgassing RadoN) instrument, dedicated to measuring radon on the Moon’s surface, was developed at IRAP-OMP. It will be on board China’s Chang’E6 lunar mission, scheduled for […]

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Final months for the Cluster mission, after 24 years of success in space

After 24 years of space operations, during which they have greatly advanced our understanding of the dynamics of the Earth’s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind, the first […]

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Electromagnetic mapping of auroral emissions from Jupiter’s moons updated by Juno

Jupiter’s intense magnetic field gives rise to the largest magnetosphere in the solar system. Within it, the movement of ions and electrons is governed by the magnetic field. A precise […]