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Space

Gravitational waves shed first light on mergers of neutron stars

This is a major breakthrough in more than one respect. The scientists of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (which includes the CNRS) have for the first…

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Gravitational waves : first joint LIGO-Virgo detection
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Space

Gravitational waves: first joint LIGO-Virgo detection

Scientists in the LIGO and Virgo collaborations have achieved the first ever three-detector observation of the gravitational waves emitted by the…

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Two CNRS 2017 Gold Medals awarded to physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour
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Matter
Space

Two CNRS 2017 Gold Medals awarded to physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour

In 2017, the CNRS has awarded two Gold Medals, to the physicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour for their major contributions to the detection of…

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Earth
Space

MATISSE to shed light on the formation of Earth and planets

The MATISSE instrument is ready to be sent to Chile, where in the next few weeks it will be installed on the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world's…

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Highest-energy cosmic rays have extragalactic origin
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Space

Highest-energy cosmic rays have extragalactic origin

A 50-year-old debate has at last been settled: the highest-energy cosmic rays do not originate in our own Galaxy but in galaxies located tens or even…

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Does the organic material of comets predate our Solar System ?
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Space

Does the organic material of comets predate our Solar System?

The Rosetta space probe discovered a large amount of organic material in the nucleus of comet “Chury.” In an article published by MNRAS on August 31,…

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The Sun's core makes a complete rotation in one week
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Space

The Sun's core makes a complete rotation in one week

The rotation rate of the Sun's core has been accurately measured for the first time. The Sun, which has been remarkably stable for the past 4.6…

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First discovery of an exoplanet by SPHERE
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Space

First discovery of an exoplanet by SPHERE

The astronomical instrument SPHERE, installed since 2014 on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile, has…

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A new approach to forecasting solar flares ?
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Space

A new approach to forecasting solar flares?

The emerging discipline of space meteorology aims to reliably predict solar flares so that we may better guard against their effects. Using 3D…

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An exceptional system of exoplanets
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Space

An exceptional system of exoplanets

Seven temperate Earth-sized planets revolve around the star TRAPPIST-1. In addition, at least three of them harbor conditions compatible with the…

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