Planets, Environments and Space Plasmas
The magnetic field of a planet can trap energetic charged particles in donut-shaped « radiation belts ». In order to better understand the formation of planetary radiation belts, a team of researchers […]
ESO today signed an agreement with an international consortium of institutions for the design and construction of ANDES, the ArmazoNes high Dispersion Echelle Spectrograph. The ANDES instrument will be installed […]
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 […]
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 […]