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12 December 2019

Press, Research

Meteorites reveal the early history of the Solar System

Over the past few months, a team of researchers from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université de Paris, CNRS and Muséum National d'Histo...

02 December 2019

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Xenon trapped in rock provides insight into the evolution of life

Researchers at CRPG (CNRS/ Université de Lorraine) and IPGP have carried out a study highlighting intense outgassing around 2.5 billion years ago, whi...

12 November 2019

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The first solar system solids created in less than a week

A team of researchers from the Centre de recherches pétrographiques et géochimiques (CRPG/CNRS/Université de Lorraine), the Institut de minéralogie, d...

09 October 2019

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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...

04 October 2019

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Not so young, Saturn's rings

Did Saturn's rings only appear during the age of the dinosaurs? The announcement came as a (media) bombshell at the end of the Cassini mission, which ...

01 October 2019

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Plate tectonics, a very old story

Researchers at IPGP have demonstrated for the first time that plate tectonics were already active on Earth 4 billion years ago. Their study shows that...

02 August 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

Earthquakes and volcanoes in Mayotte: conclusions of the last two sea campaigns

The MAYOBS 3 and 4 campaigns identified a new lava flow and produced the first images of the seabed. Meetings and debriefings with the various stakeho...

31 July 2019

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Raphaël Grandin, Gauthier Hulot and Robin Lacassin recognized by AGU

Two IPGP researchers have been rewarded by their peers for their outstanding work in the field of Earth and planetary sciences, and another for his si...

10 July 2019

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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...

27 June 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

Earthquakes and volcanoes in Mayotte: conclusions of the second oceanographic campaign

A scientific team took part in a second oceanographic campaign entitled "MAYOBS2", from June 11th to 17th, 2019.

17 June 2019

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Cassini gradually lifts the veil on Saturn's rings

NASA's Cassini probe, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, changed its trajectory during the final phase of its mission. Its objective? To carry ou...

07 June 2019

Observatories, Press, Research

Very long-period and ultra-long-period seismic signals detected before and during the formation of the Dolomieu caldera on Reunion Island in 2007

Caldera collapses (giant circular or elliptical volcanic craters formed by the emptying of the magma chamber) are rare phenomena. Only seven have occu...

24 May 2019

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Martian seismic data now available to all

The first data from the SEIS seismometer, part of NASA's InSight mission, will be made available to the scientific community and the public from this ...

23 May 2019

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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...