From August 19-20, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission made history with a daring lunar-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver, a spaceflight first. As the […]
On September 23 and 24, 2024, IRAP hosted an international workshop on the radiative properties of Martian dust aerosols, organized by Aurélien STCHERBININE (IRAP, PEPS), Michael WOLFF (SSI), Jérémie LASUE […]
We are delighted to report that the Europlanet Science Congress 2027 will be organized at Centre de congrès Pierre Baudis in Toulouse from 19-24 September 2027. The news was officially […]
The COLIBRI ground-based telescope unveiled its first images at its inauguration on September 7, 2024 at the San Pedro Mártir National Astronomical Observatory, Mexico. Designed as part of the SVOMspace […]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play an important role in the physics and chemistry of star- and planet-forming regions. Several formation sites have been proposed for these PAHs: in the envelopes […]
The Paris Agreement (1) sets an ambitious target of carbon neutrality (2) by 2050 to tackle global warming. All sectors are concerned, including astronomical research. A research team has just […]
A technological leap towards Mercury: BepiColombo reveals the dynamics of electrons in the magnetosphere of the planet closest to the Sun. Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, is […]
Ganymede, the only magnetized moon in our Solar System, orbits deep inside the giant magnetosphere of Jupiter where it interacts with the temporally and spatially variable magnetized disk of plasma […]
Telescopes, their construction and operation, have recently been identified as major sources of greenhouse gases emitted by astronomical research activities. Yet greenhouse gases are not the only pressure on the […]