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Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time

Electric discharges caused by dust devils and dust storms on Mars have been identified for the first time by analysing sound recordings captured by…

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Le Journal
Space

Hottest news from the Sun's corona

Why is the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, so much hotter than its surface? Ten years after formulating a hypothesis based on a…

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Le Journal
Space

The Big Bang within the reach of telescopes

With large-scale observation campaigns, innovative data analysis methods and theoretical advances on all fronts, astrophysics and cosmology are…

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JUNO: a giant detector to unravel the mysteries of neutrinos

After 10 years under construction, the giant underground neutrino detector JUNO, located in China, has at last begun observations of the most…

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Le Journal
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1905: Einstein initiates the quantum age

During his “miraculous year” 120 years ago, Albert Einstein explained the photoelectric effect, laying the foundations of quantum mechanics. The…

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espace, vue de dessus d'un disque de débris et de poussières autour d'une étoile, une planète géante au sein du disque est visible en arrière-plan
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet

•    One of the main objectives of contemporary astronomy is the search for exoplanets, which provide a better understanding of…

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fond noir, nombreux objets brillants éparpillés (étoiles, galaxies, nébuleuses etc.)
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory unveils the first images of the sky obtained with the world’s largest camera

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has unveiled the very first “mega” images of the cosmos obtained thanks to the extraordinary features…

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© Tahar Amari et al. / Centre de physique théorique (CNRS/École Polytechnique/Institut Polytechnique de Paris).
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Twisted flux ropes as the key to solar flares and atmospheric heating

A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters by an international team* coordinated by Tahar Amari, CNRS research director at the Center for…

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© ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana
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The chemical basis for life can form in interstellar ice

The molecules involved in a chemical process that is essential for cell function and the appearance of life on Earth (also known as the Krebs cycle)…

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Vue en plongée du rover Curiosity de la NASA. Il se trouve sur le sol rouge - marron de la planète Mars.
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Organic molecules of unprecedented size discovered on Mars

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