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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Since January 1, 2022, Martin Giard succeeds Guy Perrin as Deputy Scientific Director (DSD) for the Astronomy – Astrophysics (AA) domain at INSU. Research Director at the Institute for Research […]
For a mission yet to have entered its main science phase, Solar Orbiter has already generated a lot of great science. Today sees the publication of a wealth of results […]