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Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time

Electric discharges have for the first time been recorded within the storms and whirlwinds of dust – known as dust devils – that sweep across the surface of Mars. Captured […]

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Jupiter: natural regulators maintain the balance of its magnetized plasma disk

Around Jupiter, a gigantic disk of magnetized plasma undergoes constant disturbances. How does it maintain its balance? Thanks to the Juno mission, a CNRS Earth & Universe research team has […]

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What goes round comes around! Inward propagating plasma parcels spotted at Jupiter

Jupiter and Saturn carve out gigantic magnetic cavities in the solar wind called magnetospheres. These cavities are filled with plasma originating from the intense volcanic activity of Jupiter’s moon Io […]

Research teams

Dynamics of Planetary Interiors (DIP)

Physics of the Sun, Stars and Exoplanets (PS2E)

Planets, Environments and Space Plasmas (PEPS)

Projects

DEMETER / IDP

EISCAT / EISCAT 3D

EnVision

Rosetta / Rosina

SWARM

Taranis / IDEE and Xgre

SNO

CLUSTER / CIS

HelioSwarm

Mars 2020 / SuperCam

MMS

MSL / ChemCAM

SuperDARN

TARANIS