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The birth of stars is not a matter of cosmic...
The observations performed with the ESA's Herschel space telescope showed that collisions between galaxies only play a secondary role in the birth process of the stars.
News Sciences Science and technologySeptember 14, 2011 -
2004: the Sun nucleus rotates like a solid body
2004: the Sun nucleus rotates like a solid body Update: 09/12/2011
News Observation Science and technologySeptember 12, 2011 -
2010: T2L2, first time transfer by laser link
2010 T2L2: FIRST TIME TRANSFER BY LASER LINK
News Sciences Science and technologySeptember 5, 2011 -
Since 2002: GOMOS is monitoring the ozone layer
Since 2002 GOMOS IS MONITORING THE OZONE LAYER Update: 08/29/2011
News Science and technologyAugust 29, 2011 -
1990: the piston effect discovered in microgravity
1990 THE PISTON EFFECT DISCOVERED IN MICROGRAVITY Update: 08/15/2011
News Science and technologyAugust 15, 2011 -
2005: clays discovery on Mars
2005 CLAY DISCOVERY ON MARS Update: 09/01/2011
News Sciences Science and technologyAugust 8, 2011 -
2007-2009: Ice mapping for the International...
2007-2009 Ice Mapping for the International Polar Year by SPOT 5 Update: 08/01/2011
News Observation Science and technologyAugust 1, 2011 -
Since 1996 the mass coronal ejections have been...
Update: 07/25/2011
News Observation Science and technologyJuly 25, 2011 -
1993: first interferometric map of an earthquake
1993 FIRST INTERFEROMETRIC MAP OF AN EARTHQUAKE Update: 07/18/2011
News Science and technologyJuly 18, 2011 -
2009: discovery of CoRoT-7 b
2009 DISCOVERY OF CoRoT-7 b Update: 07/11/2011
News Science and technologyJuly 11, 2011 -
2009: the POLCA experiment advanced the...
2009 THE POLCA EXPERIMENT ADVANCED THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLANTS' PERCEPTION OF GRAVITY Update: 07/04/2011
News Science and technologyJuly 4, 2011 -
2008 : IASI identified some thirty major ammonia...
2008 IASI identified some thirty major ammonia sources Update: 06/27/2011
News Observation Science and technologyJune 27, 2011 -
1970: first accurate measurement of the Earth-...
1970 FIRST ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF THE EARTH-MOON DISTANCE Update: 06/20/2011
News Science and technologyJune 20, 2011 -
From Corot 16-b to Corot 24-b and 24-c
The CoRoT satellite identified 10 new exoplanets by transit, then confirmed by ground observations. Seven of them are "hot Jupiters", sometimes with unusual...
News Sciences Science and technologyJune 14, 2011 -
Herschel is looking afresh at the origin of the...
The observations performed by the European infrared telescope Herschel revived the debate on the origin of water on Earth.
News Telecommunications Science and technologyMay 10, 2011 -
Coronal mass ejection captured by STEREO
NASA released images from a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) captured by the instrument SECCHI on board the two twin probes which form the STEREO mission (Solar Terrestrial Relations...
News Sciences Science and technologyApril 15, 2011 -
A remote star with a magnetic activity cycle...
Thanks to CoRoT (Convection, Rotation & planetary Transits) satellite products, an international team, including French investigators of the CEA, the OMP and the Observatory...
News Sciences Science and technologyAugust 26, 2010 -
2010 balloon campaign in Kiruna
A series of scientific experiments and technological tests on new systems for balloons took place in Kiruna (Sweden) between April and May 2010. This campaign was based on the use...
News Science and technologyMarch 22, 2010