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Has the hidden matter of the Universe been discovered?
Astrophysicists consider that around 40% of the ordinary matter that makes up stars, planets and galaxies remains undetected, concealed in the form…
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Surprisingly mature galaxies in the early Universe
When the Universe was only a tenth of its current age its galaxies experienced a growth spurt. It was this period that the scientists in the…
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Exoplanets: unveiling the beta Pictoris system
CNRS researchers at the Observatoire de Paris – PSL, Université Grenoble Alpes, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Paris, and Université de…
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The astrophysicist Françoise Combes awarded the CNRS 2020 Gold Medal
This year, the CNRS Gold Medal, one of France’s most prestigious scientific distinctions, has been awarded to the astrophysicist Françoise Combes. As…
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New populations of black holes revealed by gravitational waves
The gravitational waveGravitational waves are ripples in space-time, predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity in 1915 and…
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Ammonia-rich hail sheds new light on Jupiter’s weather
New Juno results suggest that the violent thunderstorms taking place in Jupiter’s atmosphere may form ammonia-rich hail, or ‘mushballs’, that play a…
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Mars 2020 mission launch - Perseverance rover and its SuperCam instrument safely on their way to Mars
Thursday 30 July, the Mars 2020 mission successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida atop an Atlas V launcher. For the Perseverance rover…
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