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09 October 2019

Press, Research

Towards a better understanding of mega-earthquake triggering mechanisms

In a recently published study, IPGP researchers and their colleague show that fluid pressure variations in subduction zones control, over the long ter...

04 October 2019

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

InSight picks up strange sounds on Mars

Put your ear to the ground on Mars and you'll be rewarded with a veritable symphony. Sure, you'll need superhuman hearing, but NASA's InSight lander i...

10 July 2019

Press, Research

MoMARSAT Sea Campaign 2019

Conducted by IFREMER and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP-Université de Paris), the MOMARSAT 2019 at-sea campaign runs from June 11 to...

23 May 2019

Press, Research

Mars rheology and thermal history revealed by the orbital evolution of its satellite Phobos

Unlike its surface, which we now know relatively well, details of Mars' internal structure and evolution are still poorly understood. Evidence of rece...

23 April 2019

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Geomagnetic tremors finally reproduced and explained

The Earth's magnetic field experiences unpredictable, rapid and intense anomalies known as geomagnetic jolts. The mechanisms behind these phenomena re...

20 April 2019

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

The SEIS seismometer on the InSight mission detects the first marsquake!

Le 19 décembre 2018, l’atterrisseur de la NASA, InSight, déposait le sismomètre français, SEIS sur la surface de Mars. Le 6 avril 2019, 128ème jour ma...

05 March 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter satellite immortalises InSight from Martian orbit

On March 2nd 2019, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) probe of the European Space Agency's ExoMars program succeeded in photographing the InSight probe on th...

02 February 2019

General public, Press, Research

Removal of wind and heat shield

On Mars, deployment operations for the WTS wind and heat shield began just after the SEIS seismometer service loop was fully opened on sol 61.

19 December 2018

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The SEIS seismometer is equipped with a solar compass to find geographic north

Despite the incredible complexity of the Mars probes placed on the surface of Mars, finding the position of the geographic North Pole on the Red Plane...

19 December 2018

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The SEIS seismometer has now landed on Mars

NASA has just successfully landed the InSight probe's SEIS seismometer on Mars. This is the first time in the history of the conquest of space that an...

15 December 2018

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InSight's instrument drop-off area has been reproduced on Earth

Shortly after landing on November 26th, the InSight probe began to map in detail the few square metres of south-facing terrain just in front of the ro...

06 December 2018

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The HiRise super-camera locates InSight on the surface of Mars

The exact location of the InSight lander on the surface of the Red Planet has just been determined thanks to the HiRise super-camera on NASA's Mars Re...