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30 October 2022

Press, Research

Two major meteorite impacts shed light on the interior of Mars

By studying seismic and orbital data from two major meteorite impacts in late 2021, the international teams of NASA's InSight and Mars Reconnaissance ...

26 October 2022

General public, Press, Research

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.

22 September 2022

Press, Research

First observations of a major organic carbon reservoir in the deep Earth

The study of the deep carbon cycle enables us to estimate the natural flow of carbon between the Earth's surface and deep interior, ultimately regulat...

19 September 2022

Observatories, Press, Research

SEIS instrument locates meteorite impacts and echoes the interior of Mars

Launched by NASA in May 2018, the InSight mission aims to study the internal structure of the planet Mars. Its SEIS seismometer, developed at IPGP, co...

06 September 2022

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Philippe Lognonné and Paul Rebischung honored by AGU

The AGU (American Geophysical Union) awards two IPGP researchers among the hundred or so international prize-winners in its various sections for 2022!...

29 July 2022

Press, Research

A French seismometer on board a forthcoming US lunar mission

CNES and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP, Université Paris Cité/CNRS) have been selected to integrate a seismometer on NASA's next lu...

28 June 2022

Press, Research

Zinc isotope anomalies reveal accretion of outer solar system material during Earth formation

The question of the origin of volatile elements* present on Earth is fundamental to understanding the evolution of our planet. A study carried out at ...

27 June 2022

Press, Research

Arc-en-Sub oceanographic mission to the Azores

To the well-known tune of the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine", an international team of 21 scientists, including six from IPGP, set sail for the Azores ab...

23 June 2022

Press, Research

High-resolution seismic imaging lifts the veil on the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

The Earth's surface is divided into distinct tectonic plates, which make up the lithosphere and "float" on the asthenosphere. But the exact location o...

20 June 2022

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Frédéric Moynier elected 2022 Fellow of the Meteoritical Society

Frédéric Moynier, a professor at Université Paris Cité working in the cosmochemistry, astrophysics and experimental geophysics team at the IPGP, has b...

16 June 2022

Press, Research

Lower oceanic crust formed by in situ magma crystallization

While two-thirds of the Earth's crust is formed at ocean ridges by mantle melting, the process by which the lower part of the crust is formed is still...

16 June 2022

Press, Research

The mystery of Mediterranean low-salt gypsum deposits

Around six million years ago, at the end of the Miocene, the Mediterranean Sea underwent a period of rapid drying, gradually turning into a saline gia...

23 May 2022

Press, Research

Publication of the new international terrestrial reference system

Zuheir Altamini, head of the team that calculates and publishes the new ITRF benchmark, and a geodesy researcher at IGN and IPGP, talks about the impo...

22 May 2022

General public, Observatories, Press, Research

First magnitude 5 earthquake "heard" on Mars

A "Marsquake" with an estimated magnitude of 5 shook the Red Planet on the night of 04/05/2022. The French SEIS instrument, deployed on the ground by ...

11 May 2022

Press, Research

Towards a better understanding of the geodynamic driving force

The Earth's magnetic field is useful for life, enabling many animal and bacterial species to orient themselves in their environment. It is also capabl...