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The impactor that struck the Earth to create the Moon was no bigger than Mars

22 January 2018

Press, Research

The impactor that struck the Earth to create the Moon was no bigger than Mars

It was in the mid-1970s that astronomers proposed the current theory of the Moon's formation: our satellite was created by a giant collision between t...

The Moon, a very down-to-earth composition

01 August 2017

Research

The Moon, a very down-to-earth composition

Two researchers from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris and Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paolo Sossi and Frédéric Moynier, shed a new light...

Using zinc isotopes to trace Alzheimer's disease

28 March 2017

Press, Research

Using zinc isotopes to trace Alzheimer's disease

Two Sorbonne Paris Cité University researchers, Frédéric Moynier, from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, and Marie Le Borgne, from the Vascu...

Sandrine Péron winner of the L'Oréal - UNESCO

23 March 2017

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Sandrine Péron winner of the L'Oréal - UNESCO "For Women in Science" award 2017

The L'Oréal Foundation, in partnership with the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Commission for UNESCO, has been involved for 10 yea...

Solar wind settling on early dust, a source of volatile elements for the Earth

17 March 2017

Research

Solar wind settling on early dust, a source of volatile elements for the Earth

The origin of volatile elements such as water, carbon and nitrogen on telluric planets is still widely debated. Due to their inert nature, noble gases...

What the first nuclear explosion tells us about the Moon's formation

08 February 2017

Press, Research

What the first nuclear explosion tells us about the Moon's formation

During the first nuclear explosion on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity test site in New Mexico, USA (the "test" that later led to the atomic explosions a...

Archaean microfossils lived in oceans at over 40°C

20 November 2016

Press, Research

Archaean microfossils lived in oceans at over 40°C

A wealth of evidence suggests that life on Earth first appeared over 3 billion years ago. However, reconstructing the conditions on the earth's surfac...

Most of the platinum in the Earth's mantle was brought by meteorites after the formation of the core

14 November 2016

Press, Research

Most of the platinum in the Earth's mantle was brought by meteorites after the formation of the core

By analyzing, for the first time, the natural isotopic composition of platinum in meteorites as well as in ancient (over 3.85 billion years old) and m...

Understanding the formation of Mars' satellites

04 July 2016

General public, Press, Research

Understanding the formation of Mars' satellites

Sébastien Charnoz, Professor at Paris Diderot University and researcher at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, and an international team publi...

What if chondrules were formed during collisions between planetesimals?

01 July 2016

Press, Research

What if chondrules were formed during collisions between planetesimals?

The origin of chondrules, one of the major constituents of primitive meteorites, remains hotly debated to this day. The discovery of magnetites of mag...

Cosmic dust flux variation measured on the ocean floor!

02 March 2016

General public, Press, Research

Cosmic dust flux variation measured on the ocean floor!

The Earth is constantly bombarded by "interplanetary dust" (cosmic particles from comet tails, asteroid collisions...).

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