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First light for the next-generation spectrograph WEAVE
WEAVE has carried out its first-light observations on Stephan's Quintet, a group of five galaxies, some of which…
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The European radio telescope NOEMA reaches full power
NOEMA, Europe's new major radio astronomy facility, is to be inaugurated on 30 September 2022.
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The James Webb telescope: first images of the Orion Nebula
The James Webb telescope has delivered extraordinary new images of the Orion Nebula.
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Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
Within the EHT collaboration, the CNRS and IRAM participated in the creation of a first image of the black hole Sagittarius A*…
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Perseverance records the first ever sounds from Mars
Using a microphone developed in France, the Perseverance rover has recorded the first ever sounds…
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Cosmic water cloud reveals the temperature of the early Universe
Scientists have used a novel method to measure the temperature of the cosmic microwave background less than a…
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