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10 December 2018

General public, Press, Research

Titan's surface seen in infrared by the Cassini probe

Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, was flown over 127 times by the Cassini probe between 2004 and 2017. An international team comprising researchers f...

06 December 2018

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

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...

01 December 2018

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

First sound recordings of Mars by the InSight probe

The short-period (SP) sensors on the SEIS seismometer and the ultrasensitive pressure sensor on InSight's APSS weather station have probably just retu...

26 November 2018

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

The IPGP logo is now on Mars!

The logos of the space laboratories, including the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris, that built the SEIS seismometer or produced its onboard sof...

16 November 2018

Observatories, Press

Landing of InSight probe

After years of research, months of fine-tuning, thousands of working hours, a journey of 485 million kilometers, and "7 minutes of terror", the InSigh...

14 November 2018

Observatories, Press, Research

Outgassing in the upper mantle: constraints on the source and evolution of volcanic CO2

By combining barometry and the composition of fluid inclusions trapped within lava crystals and recent enclaves in the Piton de la Fournaise, a new st...

07 November 2018

Press, Research

Potential precursors of the first building blocks of life observed in deep ocean rocks

The origin of life on Earth is an extremely complex field of research in which several hypotheses have been put forward. Some studies consider extrate...

30 October 2018

Observatories, Press, Research

Study of the unstable zones around the Dolomieu crater and assessment of the risks for visitors

In April 2007, the morphology of the summit of Piton de la Fournaise changed radically. Its main crater, the Dolomieu, previously filled to the rim wi...

29 October 2018

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

Piton de la Fournaise's ten-year eruptive cycles linked to the fertility of its mantle source

Piton de la Fournaise (Réunion Island) is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet. However, it has alternating periods of intense activity (12 ...

14 October 2018

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Albert Tarantola receives the 2018 Maurice Ewing Medal posthumously from SEG

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) awarded Albert Tarantola the 2018 Maurice Ewing Medal, its highest accolade, at its 88th International ...

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...