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Launched on July 1, 2023, the European Space Agency (ESA) space telescope will study the expansion of the universe. Although still in its early stages of operation, the instrument is […]
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Studying data from ESA’s Solar Orbiter space mission, a research team has discovered a new type of solar wind that challenges our understanding of the acceleration mechanisms of these streams […]
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More than 500 light-years from Earth, wind gusts were flashed at 33,000 km/h on the exoplanet WASP-127b. These are the fastest gusts ever measured on a planet. This technical feat […]
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An international research team involving a number of French laboratories (1), including the Institut de planétologie et d’astrophysique de Grenoble (OSUG – CNRS/UGA), the Institut de minéralogie, de physique des […]
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Recent discoveries made by NASA’s Perseverance rover in the Jezero crater on Mars reveal fascinating clues to the history of water and geological activity on the Red Planet. An international […]
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At 4:45 a.m. on January 29, 2025, the Swift satellite detected a gamma-ray burst from the explosion of a star 11 billion light-years away. IRAP operates the TAROT telescope network, […]
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Galaxies are complex ecosystems that still raise many questions for scientists. The GAMALO project aims to study a phenomenon that could provide a better understanding of how they behave: pulsars. […]
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Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33 000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jetstream of its […]
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On 8 January 2025, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flew by Mercury for the sixth time, at an altitude of 295 km. This sixth and final flyby reduced the spacecraft’s speed […]