News room

04 May 2023

Press, Research

The "Diagnose Alzheimer's disease with isotopes" project granted with an ERC proof-of-concept !

Frédéric Moynier, professor at the Université Paris Cité and cosmochemist at the IPGP, has obtained an ERC proof-of-concept funding to develop and app...

11 April 2023

Awards and Distinctions, General public, Press, Research

" Les Mondes de Saturne " awarded by the Ciel & Espace prize for the best astronomy book 2023

The Ciel & Espace prize for astronomy books goes this year to Alice Le Gall, Sandrine Guerlet, Sandrine Vinatier and Sébastien Charnoz for "Les mo...

27 March 2023

Press, Research

The eruptive activity of Tungurahua volcano is regulated by the fine chemical structure of its magma source

Arc volcanism is a consequence of the fertilization of the mantle wedge by subduction fluids (metasomatism). This phenomenon governs magmatic producti...

22 March 2023

Press, Research

The topography of the escarpments allows us to estimate the mode of slip of the faults

Fault slip, particularly during earthquakes, can generate topographic jumps on the surface, commonly known as fault escarpments. Since the 1970s, nume...

13 March 2023

Press, Research

After four years of activity, the InSight mission comes to an end

NASA's InSight mission, with the French SEIS instrument on board, has ended after more than four years of collecting unique scientific data on Mars. J...

13 March 2023

Press, Research

First observations of Titan by the James Webb Space Telescope

On November 4, the James Webb Space Telescope, of the American (NASA), European (ESA) and Canadian (CSA) space agencies, pointed its instruments at Ti...

06 February 2023

Press, Research

New insights into the pre-eruptive dynamics of magma reservoirs

Seismic monitoring of a volcano is currently the most common method of detecting and tracking its eruptive crises, based on the increasing number and ...

11 January 2023

Institute Life, Press

The new IPGP website is online!

Within the framework of the celebrations of its centenary and in the continuity of the renewal of its graphic identity, the IPGP is proud to present y...

17 December 2022

Observatories, Press, Research

S1222a, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded on Mars!

As the activity of the InSight probe on Mars draws to a close, the data recorded over the last few months continues to provide new insights into the d...

14 December 2022

Events, General public, Observatories, Press

A connected seabed observatory to study seismicity in Les Saintes

After more than a year of operation of the new seabed seismometer installed as close as possible to the faults responsible for the seismicity of Les S...

14 December 2022

Press, Research

Where do geological CO2 emissions come from?

An international team, including researchers from the IPGP, has developed a technique using radon gas to track CO2 emissions observed at the surface, ...

06 December 2022

Press, Research

The formation of planetary atmospheres less efficient than anticipated

Researchers from the IPGP - Université Paris Cité show that the degassing of volatiles at the surface of magmatic oceans is far from instantaneous.

06 December 2022

Awards and Distinctions, Press, Research

Édith Kubik receives the 2022 CNFGG PhD Award

Édith Kubik received the 2022 Geophysics Prize for her PhD "Elemental and stable isotopic fractionations of siderophile elements – Implications for th...

07 November 2022

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

Study underwater lava flows by combining bathymetry and hydro-acoustic signals

On the ocean floor, the meeting of lava and water during volcanic eruptions generates acoustic signals that propagate into the ocean. Lava flows are a...

07 November 2022

General public, Press, Research

Solar system calcium isotopic composition deduced from Ryugu samples

Less than two years after the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission returned samples from asteroid Ryugu to Earth, new international studies are refining the pre...