IRAP teams work on the study and understanding of the Universe and its content: the Earth as a planet, its ionized spatial environment, the sun and its planets, the stars and their planetary systems, the interstellar environment, galaxies, compact objects, the very first stars and the primordial Big Bang.
This is done through observation, modeling and theory, instrumentation and laboratory experiments.
With a staff of technical personnel qualified in the field of design, construction, integration and operation of instruments on the ground and in space, IRAP is a major center of instrumentation in astrophysics , at an international level. He also participates in numerous national observation services (SNO) of INSU.
This Joint Research Unit (JRU 5277) is affiliated with the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paul Sabatier University – Toulouse III (UPS), and also has the supervision of the National Center for Space Studies (CNES). It is also a member of the Midi-Pyrénées Observatory (OMP).
Why is the expansion of our Universe accelerating? Twenty-five years after its discovery, this phenomenon remains one of today’s greatest scientific mysteries. To unravel it, we need to put the […]
A research team at IRAP (CNRS Terre & Univers, Université de Toulouse III & CNES) has just deciphered the origin of periodic light bursts from the protostar V347 Aurigae in […]
During two weeks in September 2024, a team of up to 14 people representing the DFP consortium was present in ESTEC to run a complete ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) test campaign […]
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 […]
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