The future of scientific meetings
Professional travel to events such as conferences and meetings represents a significant part of the carbon footprint of astronomical research, as can be seen, for example, in IRAP’s greenhouse gas […]
GAHEC
Galaxies, High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology
One month after lift-off, the Euclid mission reveals its first observations
One month after Euclid’s launch, the European Space Agency (ESA), in collaboration with the Euclid consortium, unveils the first observations captured by the satellite as it completes its in-flight acceptance […]
SVOM tank relocation
The SVOM/Eclairs test facility – a 3-tonne instrumented tank – was moved from CNES to IRAP on June 26, 2023. The white hall had to be prepared to accommodate this […]
The most powerful quasar of the last 9 billion years observed in X-rays
Research led by Elias Kammoun, a post-doctoral fellow at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse, CNRS and CNES), has revealed the existence of […]
Euclid Mission: Unlocking the mysteries of the Universe
The Euclid satellite, to be launched in July 2023, will attempt to unlock the secrets of the Universe by exploring the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. For 6 […]
Two French instruments on the way to China
SVOM is a Franco-Chinese space mission dedicated to the study of the transient sky with a particular interest in gamma-ray bursts. SVOM will work in synergy with ground-based gravitational wave […]
COSI
NectarCam / CTA
ATHENA X-IFU
The X-IFU is a revolutionary X-ray spectrometer. It is the one of the two instruments of the European Space Agency’s future space telescope, Athena (Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics). […]