The Euclid mission today publishes its first scientific results, accompanied by new, never-before-seen images of the Universe. A demonstration of the remarkable achievements of this European satellite! These new images […]
A Chinese delegation from the Chinese space agency CNSA and other laboratories, led by Jizhong LIU, chief engineer of the future Mars mission Tianwen-3, visited us on April 10. Among […]
In order to follow the DORN mission as closely as possible – from the launch of the Chang’E 6 rocket on May 3, 2024 to in situ experimentation and the […]
Venus, unlike Earth, has no intrinsic magnetic field. As a result, the solar wind interacts directly with its atmosphere, accelerating charged particles that can escape into space. In situ measurements […]
MIRS, a small instrument weighing just ten kilos, is a veritable jewel of technology developed in just 4 years. Developed collectively by CNES, LESIA, LAB, LATMOS,OMP andIRAP, it will play […]
The giant planets in our Solar System are extremely complex systems. They are first characterized by their intense magnetic field, which creates a magnetic cavity, the magnetosphere, protecting their direct […]
A study carried out by a team of CNRS Terre & Univers researchers as part of the ERC SPIDI (Star Planets Inner Disk Interactions) project, has revealed the presence of […]
The annual gathering of the Space Weather and Space Climate community, the European Space Weather Week, was organized by IRAP and took place in Toulouse on 20-24 November 2023. This […]
The functional electrical model (EFM) of the Low-Energy Electron Spectrometer (LEES) instrument for which IRAP is responsible was delivered on March 5, 2024 to the Space Research Center (CBK) of […]