News and Events
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Surveying the extragalactic Universe
A collaboration of international research teams has published a new 3D map of galaxy clusters compiled from observations of two regions of the sky each covering 25 square degrees...
News SciencesDecember 15, 2015 -
COP21: Ségolène Royal and Thierry Mandon present...
On the occasion of the launch by France and the United States of the ‘Innovation Mission’, Ségolène Royal presented the French MicroCarb microsatellite project developed by CNES...
News ObservationDecember 8, 2015 -
European payload selected for ExoMars 2018...
Two European instruments and four European contributions on two Russian instruments have been selected for the Russian-led science platform that will land on Mars as part of the...
News SciencesDecember 4, 2015 -
The cosmic web: seeing what makes up the Universe
An international team observe ordinary matter in the large-scale structures that form the "cosmic web"
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 3, 2015 -
Soho celebrates 20 years of discoveries
Originally planned for a two-year mission, the ESA–NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO, is celebrating 2 decades of scientific discoverIes
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 3, 2015 -
Press Release: Vega launches successfully on...
Thursday 3 December, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) on its sixth successful mission since its maiden flight in 2012,...
News SciencesDecember 3, 2015 -
Press Release: Next Vega mission to orbit LISA...
Wednesday 2 December, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana carrying LISA Pathfinder, a demonstrator for ESA’s future mission to observe gravitational waves...
News Ariane, SciencesNovember 30, 2015 -
FLEX mission to be next ESA Earth Explorer
ESA's Member States have selected FLEX as the eighth Earth Explorer mission, upon recommendation from the Earth Science Advisory Committee.
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyNovember 23, 2015 -
Detection of the first extragalactic gamma-ray...
It is the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar ever observed that has been detected by two scientists from LPC2E (Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement et de l'...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyNovember 19, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES in Jerusalem for the 66th IAC
A delegation of CNES scientists, engineers and officials, led by the agency’s President Jean-Yves Le Gall, is at this week’s 66th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the...
News ObservationOctober 12, 2015 -
The water-ice cycle on the comet "Tchouri...
From data supplied by ESA's probe Rosetta about 67P/Tchourioumov-Guerassimenko comet, scientists bring the first observational proof of an existing daily cycle of water-ice...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyOctober 8, 2015 -
Hayabusa 2 mission goes towards... Ryugu asteroid
Don't call it 1999 JU3 anymore. It's official, the asteroid targeted by Hayabusa 2 mission is now named Ryugu.
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyOctober 6, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES and Thales Alenia Space sign...
Tuesday 29 September at the Toulouse Space Centre (CST), CNES and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) signed the contract covering phase C/D of the Poseidon 3-C radar altimeter to be...
News ObservationSeptember 29, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES opens access to Copernicus...
With its unique fleet of six families of dedicated Sentinel satellites and payloads on Eumetsat satellites, Copernicus is set to generate a wealth of very-high-quality data with...
News ObservationSeptember 11, 2015 -
LISA Pathfinder leaving for launch site
Slated for launch by Vega in November, ESA's gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator is ready before it departs to the launch site.
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyAugust 24, 2015 -
Bubbles and Filaments at the Heart of the Milky...
From the analysis of all available data collected by the satellite XMM-Newton in the range of the X-rays, an international team has established the most detailed map of the hot...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyAugust 19, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES and NASA on Mars - SEIS...
Monday 20 July, the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP1) and contractor Sodern delivered the SEIS Mars seismometer to CNES. SEIS is a titanium sphere housing three very-...
News SciencesJuly 23, 2015 -
Second Planck catalogue of compact sources...
A new tool for Astronomers has just been released: the Second Planck catalogue of compact sources
News Sciences Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJuly 17, 2015