Origins Theme Projects

Coordinator(s): Marc Chaussidon

April 2022 - April 2024

National partnership

INSU PNP : SiChert

Triple Si isotopes in archean cherts The goal of this project is to determine the fractionation systematics of the 3 silicon isotopes during silica...

Coordinator(s): James Badro

October 2021 - October 2026

European partnership

ERC SEPtiM - solidification of earth’s primitive mantle

Coordinator(s): Frederic Moynier

January 2021

European partnership

ERC - METAL

Understanding the formation and early evolution of terrestrial planets is one of the most important goals of science. The objectives of METAL (Making ...

Coordinator(s): Sebastien Charnoz, Patrick Michel

January 2021 - December 2028

Campaign and mission, European partnership

HERA mission (ESA)

I (Sébastien Charnoz) am part of the science team. I am a co-I of the workpackage 3 "Dynamics". The objective is to understand how the orbit of Dimorp...

Coordinator(s): Sebastien Charnoz

January 2021 - December 2030

International partnership outside Europe

MMX mission - MIRS instrument

Coordinator(s): Marc Chaussidon

December 2020 - November 2024

National partnership

ANR-20-CE49-011X : MIFs

Mass-independent isotopic fractionations in cosmochemistry The aim of this project is to explore the existence of mass-independent isotopic fracti...

Coordinator(s): Sebastien Charnoz

January 2020 - December 2025

National partnership

ANR - DISKBUILD

This project aims at better understanding the formation of the protoplanetary disk starting from the infalling of the molecular cloud, the formation a...

Coordinator(s): Guillaume Avice

January 2020

National partnership

CNES - EHVAV

The objective of the project is to provide experimental constraints on potential elemental and/or isotopic fractionation induced by high speed samplin...

Coordinator(s): Catherine Chauvel

January 2020 - December 2024

European partnership

ERC- SHRED

Studies of modern-day volcanic processes have revealed material surviving from the Hadean Eon, which occurred between 4.6 and 4 billion years ago. The...

Coordinator(s): Frederic Moynier

January 2020

National partnership

HAYABUSA 2

Study of the materials of the asteroid Ryugu brought back by the JAXA Hayabusa2 mission in 2020.

Coordinator(s): Frederic Moynier

January 2020

National partnership

MMX

Preparation of the JAXA MMX sample return mission from Phobos (Mars moon) with a departure from Earth in 2024.