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Nasa’s Perseverance robot, which has been roaming the surface of Mars since February 2021, has recorded for the first time the “sound environment” of the Red Planet. An international team […]
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Initiated in 2006, approved in 2013 by the French and Chinese leaders, the SVOM (Space-based Multi-band Variable astronomical Objects Monitor) mission will take off in June 2023 from the Chinese […]
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The carbon footprint of research activities in astronomy-astrophysics is a growing concern for those involved in the field. Recent studies have estimated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with astronomers’ business […]
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For nearly ten years, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the Martian soil with the objective of studying the potential past habitability of the Red Planet. Today, the international scientific […]
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Just one year ago, on the evening of February 18, 2021, the Perseverance rover of the Mars2020 mission landed in the Jezero crater on Mars. On board, the Franco-American SuperCam […]
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We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Athena School: “The Universe in the era of spatially resolved, high-resolution, X-ray spectroscopy”. This CNRS thematic school will be held […]
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Perseverance, the rover that searches for life on Mars; JWST, the space telescope that will succeed Hubble; Juice, the mission that will observe Jupiter and its moons: these are some […]
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For a mission that has just entered its primary science phase, Solar Orbiter has already produced many remarkable results. Published on December 14, 2021, a special issue of Astronomy and […]
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ESA’s PLATO mission has been given the green light to continue its development after a successful critical review on January 11, 2022. PLATO, or PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, […]