Citizen / General public
Researcher
Student / Future student
Company
Public partner
Journalist
Teacher / Pupil

Publication of the book “Les mondes de Saturne” (Saturn’s worlds)

"Les mondes de Saturne", written by Sébastien Charnoz, Sandrine Vinatier, Sandrine Guerlet and Alice Le Gall, has just been published by Belin.

Publication of the book “Les mondes de Saturne” (Saturn’s worlds)

Publication date: 26/10/2022

General public, Press, Research

Related themes : Origins

Livre "Les mondes de Saturne"

Sébastien Charnoz is an astrophysicist at the IPGP, a professor at the Université Paris Cité and a specialist in the formation of satellites, planets and rings.

In this book, he and his co-authors finally reveal the secrets of the giant planet. These passionate scientists explore Saturn’s complex system, its rings, of course, but also its many moons. They go back over the formation of the sixth planet in our solar system, the composition of its famous rings and what lies beneath the mists of Titan, the most impressive of its satellites.

A new and extraordinary journey, based on the latest discoveries, which takes the reader more than a billion kilometres from Earth…

More information on the publisher’s website.

Latest news
Satellites reveal irreversible damage in a major California aquifer
Satellites reveal irreversible damage in a major California aquifer
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), to which Kristel Chanard, Manon Dalaison and Jean-Philippe Avouac of the ...
Academic research: a key lever for addressing the water challenge in Africa... and elsewhere!
Academic research: a key lever for addressing the water challenge in Africa... and elsewhere!
A new Nature Sustainability publication to which Essam Heggy (lecturer-researcher at IPGP) contributed, reveals how stronger support for African-focus...
A new isotopic clue reveals the origin of the asteroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs
A new isotopic clue reveals the origin of the asteroid responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs
A study led by Georgy V. Makhatadze, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (Université Paris Cité / CNRS) under the ...
A remnant from Earth's early history identified in an active volcano near Mayotte
A remnant from Earth's early history identified in an active volcano near Mayotte
A study led by scientists from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris, in collaboration with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, reveals...