Pascal PETIT, astronomer at IRAP, receives the André Lallemand prize from the French Academy of Sciences! The award ceremony took place under the dome of the Institut de France on […]
The annual meeting of the Dust, fields, Particles (DFP) consortium of the Comet Interceptor mission was hosted at IRAP on October 8 and 9. 40 participants from CBK Warsaw (PI), […]
On June 25, 2024, the flight model of the Raman instrument control unit (RLS) was delivered to Thales Alenia Space Italia in Turin. This delivery follows the decision by ESA […]
Understanding Mercury’s magnetosphere is crucial for advancing our comprehension of how the solar wind interacts with the planetary magnetospheres. Despite previous missions, several gaps remain in our knowledge of Mercury’s […]
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 […]