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Actualités Published on 29 December 2025

At the edge of Saturn: artificial intelligence in search of new moons

The collaboration between the École pour l’informatique et les techniques avancées (EPITA) and the Paris Observatory reveals a fruitful use of space imagery.
Actualités Published on 16 December 2025

Q-PLANET project

The Q-PLANET project has been selected for funding under the Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) programme.
Actualités Published on 21 November 2025

A step in the NAROO project

On October 14, a meeting was held at the Paris Observatory in Meudon concerning the NAROO project. The aim was to organize a discussion between the various...
Actualités Published on 20 November 2025

Launch of the Sentinel-6B altimetry satellite

Satellite altimetry took on new importance in the early 1980s, when the international scientific community realized that the ocean and climate are...
Actualités Published on 6 November 2025

Results of the occultation of Ganymede – Night of October 13 to 14, 2025

Last month, a call was made to observe the rare occultation of the star HIP37442 by Ganymede. The operation was a resounding success thanks to the...
Actualités Published on 29 October 2025

Discovery of a ring system in formation around the Centaur object Chiron

An international team involving French researchers from LTE, Paris Observatory – PSL, Sorbonne University, and the CNRS, has discovered a ring system in...
Actualités Published on 29 October 2025

Publication of Guide de données astronomiques 2026

These annual ephemerides elaborated by IMCCE are published by the Bureau des longitudes since 1796.
Actualités Published on 30 September 2025

Occultation by Ganymede on October 14, 2025

A rare event will take place on the night of October 13-14, 2025: Ganymede, Jupiter’s third moon, will occult a star of magnitude 7. The phenomenon will be...
Actualités Published on 18 September 2025

Awarding of the Del Duca 2025 grant to Rodolphe Le Targat

The Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation will awards in 2025 the grant for “Sciences of the Universe and their Applications” to Rodolphe Le Targat (Laboratory...
Actualités Published on 17 September 2025

Complete characterization of asteroid 2023 CX1: a unique case study for planetary defense

A large international collaboration, bringing together nearly 100 researchers from around the world and led by Auriane Égal (Paris Observatory/Montreal...