NASA’s next Mars rover has a new name: “Perseverance”. This name is reminiscent of its wheeled predecessors: Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity. Long live Perseverance, which will be launched this […]
Recent observations of protoplanetary disks, these planetary systems in formation, frequently reveal sequences of dark and bright rings. While these structures are often attributed to multiple planets, numerical simulations show […]
This summer, NASA will send a new laser-equipped rover to the surface of Mars. Unlike science fiction lasers, the laser on the Mars2020 rover is used to study the geology […]
A new understanding of Mars is emerging in light of the first year of NASA’s InSight mission. Results described in a set of six papers published today, five in Nature […]
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. The stunning new images of the star’s […]
The European probe begins its journey towards the centre of our Solar System, with French science in the spotlight. On Monday, February 10, 2020, at 05:03 a.m. French time, Solar […]
On the night of February 9-10, 2020, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Solar Orbiter probe will depart towards the Sun on board an Atlas V 411. Its […]
Within the Solar System all the planets, with the exception of Venus and Mars, have an intrinsic magnetic field strong enough to interact with the solar wind and form a […]
Altaïr, a bright star in the summer sky, is known for its very fast rotation. The centrifugal effect is such that its polar radius is 20% smaller than its equatorial […]