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 […]
Jupiter has the brightest aurora in the solar system. A particular feature of this planet, which it shares with Saturn, is also the auroral emissions caused by three of its […]
The SVOM satellite, launched on June 22, 2024, is equipped with the ECLAIRs experiment, designed to detect gamma-ray bursts. ECLAIRs was developed by IRAP. The TAROT telescope, operated by IRAP […]
Launched on May 3 aboard a Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang site, China’s Chang’E 6 probe completed a successful mission to the far side of the Moon, and […]
To describe the physical rules that govern the functioning of the observable universe, the scientific community uses the Standard Cosmological Model to represent it as accurately as possible. However, some […]
The Franco-Chinese SVOM space mission, dedicated in particular to the detection and study of the most distant explosions or mergers of stars, known as gamma-ray bursts, was successfully launched on […]
The X-IFU (X-ray Integral Field Unit) is the high-resolution X-ray spectrometer that will be aboard the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Athena space observatory in 2037, as part of the Cosmic […]
The magnetic field of a planet can trap energetic charged particles in donut-shaped « radiation belts ». In order to better understand the formation of planetary radiation belts, a team of researchers […]
ESO today signed an agreement with an international consortium of institutions for the design and construction of ANDES, the ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. The ANDES instrument will be installed […]