Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time
Electric discharges have for the first time been recorded within the storms and whirlwinds of dust – known as dust devils – that sweep across the surface of Mars. Captured […]
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MACIV nodes: an exceptional seismological network on the volcanoes of the Massif Central
As part of the MACIV project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), a team of scientists deployed the largest mobile seismological network ever installed by a university team […]
Analysis of the surface propagation of the 2025 Mandalay earthquake made possible by a single surveillance camera!
A team of scientists from several CNRS laboratories has just carried out a precise analysis of the source of the Mandalay earthquake of March 28, 2025 (Mw 7.7) using images […]
Solar flares in November 2025: intense storm of energetic particles
Over the past 48 hours, solar activity has been exceptionally intense, characterized by several major class X flares. These events generated significant solar storms directed toward Earth, causing a geomagnetic […]
Jupiter: natural regulators maintain the balance of its magnetized plasma disk
Around Jupiter, a gigantic disk of magnetized plasma undergoes constant disturbances. How does it maintain its balance? Thanks to the Juno mission, a CNRS Earth & Universe research team has […]
SPIP, a new instrument at the Pic du Midi de Bigorre to detect habitable exoplanets
A new comer has joined the quest for habitable worlds. At an altitude of 2,877 meters, at the summit of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, the SPIP instrument has […]
What goes round comes around! Inward propagating plasma parcels spotted at Jupiter
Jupiter and Saturn carve out gigantic magnetic cavities in the solar wind called magnetospheres. These cavities are filled with plasma originating from the intense volcanic activity of Jupiter’s moon Io […]
The rotation curve of the Milky Way confirms the existence of dark matter
Observations from the European Gaia satellite refute a controversial alternative theory and confirm the presence of an invisible component that makes up most of the mass of the Universe: dark […]
MicroLIBS: a small French instrument with big ambitions for Mars exploration
Following the success of French contributions to NASA’s Mars rovers, CNES and IRAP are developing a miniaturized version of these instruments for future Mars and Moon missions. If you follow […]