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25 June 2025

General public, Institute Life, Press

Director position of the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)

The position of Director of the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) is vacant as of March 24, 2026.

17 June 2025

Events, Press, Research

Three ERC advanced grants awarded to the IPGP: new advances in cosmochemistry and planetary sciences

The Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) has just been awarded three advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for projects le...

16 June 2025

Press, Research

Active weather and organic chemistry on Titan: new observations from the James Webb space telescope

The James Webb space telescope (JWST), in collaboration with the ground-based Keck II telescope, has for the first time observed cloud convection in t...

16 June 2025

Press, Research

Evidence for a marine carbon recycling mechanism in Earth’s mantle

Recent work by PhD student Zhengyu Long, under the supervision of Frédéric Moynier, and their colleagues at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris...

14 May 2025

Press, Research

Discovery of a crustal lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) topping a large magma reservoir at Axial volcano in the Eastern Pacific

A team from the United States and Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) has imaged a crustal lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) as the t...

05 May 2025

Events, Press, Research

The isotopic composition of oxygen in the solar system finally explained

A multidisciplinary team of French and British researchers—affiliated with the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (Université Paris Cité/IPGP/CNRS...

24 April 2025

Events, Press, Research

The rivers of titan: physical laws similar to those on earth

Researchers from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Université Paris Cité/CNRS/IPGP) have demonstrated for the first time that the rivers of ...

27 March 2025

General public, Press, Research

Solidification of the Earth's mantle: new insight into the formation of a basal magma ocean

An international team of researchers from the Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP – CNRS / IPG / Université Paris Cité) and York University h...

20 March 2025

Events, Press, Research

The Science and Art of Paleoseismology : a collective work to enrich research and teaching

Paleoseismology aims to understand past earthquakes in order to better predict future ones. This discipline, which is based on the study of the trac...

13 March 2025

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Hera flies over Deimos on its way to Dimorphos : a major step forward for planetary protection

On 12 March 2025, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera probe flew past Mars and its natural satellite Deimos. The aim of this crucial manoeuvre was ...

07 March 2025

Press, Research

IPGP supports the Stand Up For Science movement

Stand Up For Science: Mobilising for science and academic freedom. 7 March 2025, a day to defend scientific research and education

05 March 2025

Press, Research

IPGP and Terrensis sign partnership agreement for natural hydrogen research

On 4 March 2025, the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) and Terrensis formalised a strategic partnership aimed at furthering research into ...

04 March 2025

Press, Research

A new machine learning model for predicting magma viscosity

A team of researchers led by Charles Le Losq (IPGP, IUF) has developed an innovative machine learning model capable of predicting the viscosity of mag...

10 February 2025

General public, Press, Research

Radon emissions on Mars and the Moon: the contribution of meteorites

An international team of researchers, including members of the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, Université Paris Cité, CNRS) and the Natu...

23 January 2025

Press, Research

A New Perspective on the Age of Saturn’s Rings

A recent study, published in Nature Geoscience on December 16, 2024, reveals that Saturn's rings may be much older than previously thought.