Leader : Stéphane Charpinet
Deputy : Laurène Jouve
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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Extreme supersonic winds measured on planet outside our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds up to 33 000 km/h, the winds make up the fastest jetstream of its […]
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SPIRou decodes the bursts of a protostar
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 […]
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Pascal PETIT, laureate of the André Lallemand Prize of the French Academy of Sciences
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 […]
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Discovery of a nascent planet in close orbit around a young star
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 […]
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Discovery of an extrasolar system including a cool sub-Neptune
Since the first discovery of a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun in 1995, over 5000 exoplanets have been detected. However, small, light planets orbiting far from their […]
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Watch out for changing stellar magnetic fields
The 11-year solar activity cycle is a well-known phenomenon, during which the intensity of the Sun’s magnetic field varies and its polarities reverse. Over the past 30 years, astronomers have […]
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