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How to speak to extraterrestrials?

Interview with the linguist Frédéric Landragin, who recently published a short guide on interstellar communication.

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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), Maunakea Astronomical Observatory in Hawaii
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), Maunakea Astronomical Observatory in Hawaii© Jean-Charles CUILLANDRE / CFHT / CNRS Images
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The CNRS is defending the future of astronomy to the European Union

The European Commission's recent work on new space legislation is an opportunity for the CNRS to defend the importance of preserving space research…

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Space

First light for COLIBRI, an outstandingly fast ground-based telescope

  The COLIBRI telescope, which can be pointed at any region of the sky in under 20 seconds, has provided its first…

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Le Journal
Space

Planet 9, do you copy?

For nearly ten years, astronomers have been trying to demonstrate the existence of a massive object thought to be orbiting in the outer reaches of…

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Head in the stars

In France, the "Nuits des étoiles" (Starry Nights) start today. This is an opportunity to discover the latest and most powerful telescopes, which…

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In our search for liquid water beyond the Solar System, the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140b is the most promising exoplanet in the habitable zone yet discovered (artist views). © B. Gougeon, UdeM
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Space

James Webb Space Telescope provides first hints of evidence of the existence of an ocean exoplanet

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Le Journal
Space

French-Chinese satellite to unlock the secrets of gamma-ray bursts

On 22 June, a Chinese Long March 2C rocket launched the SVOM satellite, carrying two French-designed instruments, into orbit. The mission's goals are…

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Le Journal
Space

Astronomy through the back door

Alessandro Morbidelli is a specialist in the evolution and formation of planetary systems, and holds the planetary formation Chair at the Collège de…

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Artist impression of a brown dwarf orbiting close to a bright star © ESA
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First time brown dwarfs seen so near host stars

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Le Journal
Space
Society

Reaching for the Moon for the sake of humanity

The “Sanctuary on the Moon” project, launched nearly ten years ago, aims to send a collection of discs containing a vast body of knowledge and…

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