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Watch out for changing stellar magnetic fields

The 11-year solar activity cycle is a well-known phenomenon, during which the intensity of the Sun’s magnetic field varies and its polarities reverse. Over the past 30 years, astronomers have […]

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First solar wind data for JENI onboard JUICE!

On June 5, less than two months after the successful launch of the ESA spacecraft JUICE (JUpiter Icy moon Explorer) towards Jupiter, the Jupiter Energetic Neutrals and Ions (JENI) sensor […]

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Mars: new evidence of an environment conducive to the emergence of life

Using data from NASA’s Curiosity rover, scientists at the CNRS, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, with the participation of CNES, have discovered patterns […]

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One month after lift-off, the Euclid mission reveals its first observations

One month after Euclid’s launch, the European Space Agency (ESA), in collaboration with the Euclid consortium, unveils the first observations captured by the satellite as it completes its in-flight acceptance […]

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Electron storm causes auroral emissions on Mercury’s surface!

The interaction between the solar wind and a planet’s intrinsic magnetic field leads to a variety of responses within the magnetosphere it forms. As with the Earth, but on much […]

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Final touches for the M-MATISSE mission!

The M-MATISSE mission (PI: Beatriz Sanchez-Cano, University of Leicester, UK; Co-PI: François Leblanc, LATMOS, France) was selected in November 2022 with four other candidate missions for the AO M7 Voyage […]

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SVOM tank relocation

The SVOM/Eclairs test facility – a 3-tonne instrumented tank – was moved from CNES to IRAP on June 26, 2023. The white hall had to be prepared to accommodate this […]

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An instrument from Toulouse will analyze a gas on the Moon’s surface in 2024

At a press briefing on Wednesday June 28, the DORN instrument was presented by those involved in the project, including Pierre-Yves Meslin, a teacher-researcher at the university and the instrument’s […]

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Webb makes first detection of crucial carbon molecule in a planet-forming disc

An international team of scientists have used data collected by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect a molecule [1] known as the methyl cation (CH3+) for the first […]