Leader : Jérôme Ballot
Deputy : Clément Baruteau
The research carried out by the members of the group PS2E aims to improve our understanding of stars, especially the closest of them, the Sun, as well as exoplanetary systems.
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First ever live observation of the rotation of a planetary nursery
The rotation of a protoplanetary disc (a disc where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the emissions from the dust grains […]
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Strange winds reveal strongest hints yet of magnetic activity in exoplanets
A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets outside our Solar System may be magnetic. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) […]
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SPIRou: The second closest exoplanet in the habitable zone discovered just 11.4 light-years away
Just 11.4 light-years away, two exoplanets have been detected around a nearby star. One of them, Gl725Bc, is located in the habitable zone and is now the second closest potentially […]
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SPIP, a new instrument at the Pic du Midi de Bigorre to detect habitable exoplanets
A new comer has joined the quest for habitable worlds. At an altitude of 2,877 meters, at the summit of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, the SPIP instrument has […]
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Detection of a complex magnetic field on the surface of the intermediate-mass star Vega
A decade of ultra-deep observations at Pic du Midi and the Haute-Provence Observatory Vega, the prototype of intermediate-mass stars, has revealed after more than a decade of observations a double […]
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HiRISE: Length of day on a Jupiter-like exoplanet
Thanks to the HiRISE instrument, scientists from CNRS Terre & Univers have been able to characterize the young Jupiter-like exoplanet AF Lep b. Direct measurement of the light emitted by […]
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