News

08 October 2018

General public, Press, Research

Moon formation at low temperature

As the closest and most visible celestial object to Earth, the Moon has always fascinated human beings. Yet questions remain about its origin. A team ...

25 September 2018

Press, Research

Cassini detects dust storms on Titan for the first time

Data from the international Cassini-Huygens mission, which explored Saturn and its moons between 2004 and 2017, have revealed what appear to be dust s...

29 August 2018

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

P. Lognonné and N. Shapiro, "AGU fellows" 2018

Two IPGP researchers have been named to the American Geophysical Union's 2018 Fellows list. Established in 1962, the Fellows programme recognises ...

08 August 2018

General public, Press, Research

Chondrules, a window on the early evolution of the solar system

In a study published on August 6th in the journal PNAS, an international team, led by researchers from IPGP and IUEM, presents an analysis of the evol...

01 August 2018

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Julien Bouchez winner of the 2018 IAGC Ebelmen Award

Julien Bouchez, a researcher at IPGP in the Outer Envelope Geochemistry team, has been awarded the 2018 Ebelmen Prize by the Intern...

28 July 2018

Press, Research

Mars, express formation!

The geochemical study of a meteorite makes it possible to evaluate the formation time of the planet Mars.

26 July 2018

Press, Research

Carbon dioxide eruptions triggered by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal

An international team has highlighted disturbances in the flow of gases and fluids in the Earth's crust following the Gorkha earthquake in 2015. These...

24 July 2018

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Xavier Mangenot receives the 2018 Van Straelen thesis prize from SGF

13 July 2018

Press, Research

Predominant role of purple bacteria in stromatolite formation in Lake Dziani Dzaha, Mayotte

Using a combination of micro-imaging and microbial ecology techniques, a multi-disciplinary team (1) has highlighted the predominant role played by ph...

16 May 2018

Press, Research

What's happening in Titan's equatorial belt?

Over the last thirteen years (2004 - 2017), the Cassini-Huygens mission has brought about a real revolution in the exploration of Titan, Saturn's larg...

15 May 2018

General public, Press, Research

The crustal structure and kinematics of the Central Andes revisited

Since the advent of plate tectonics, a distinction has been made between mountain ranges formed by the collision of continental blocks, the typical ex...

05 May 2018

Events, Observatories, Press

InSight launch

At 4:05 am (Pacific time) on Saturday May 5, the Atlas V rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, sending the InSight probe to Ma...