Planetology and Space Sciences Team News

16 June 2025

Press, Research

Active weather and organic chemistry on Titan: new observations from the James Webb space telescope

The James Webb space telescope (JWST), in collaboration with the ground-based Keck II telescope, has for the first time observed cloud convection in t...

30 May 2024

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NASA will measure earthquakes on the Moon using technologies developed for the InSight mission on Mars

The technology of the two seismometers that are part of NASA's Farside Seismic Suite instrument has detected more than a thousand earthquakes on the R...

25 January 2024

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On Mars, dust avalanches triggered by major earthquakes

By combining data collected by the SEIS seismometer operated by the InSight mission on Mars with available orbital data, a scientific team has reveale...

25 October 2023

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InSight seismic data reveals a molten layer at the base of the Martian mantle

The analysis by the InSight mission science team of seismic data recorded on Mars following a meteorite impact that occurred in September 2021 drastic...

13 March 2023

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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

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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 December 2022

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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.

30 October 2022

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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.

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!...

05 November 2021

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Landscape evolution over decades thanks to topographic reconstruction from archive images

A team from IPGP, Université de Paris and CNRS has developed a complete algorithm for using aerial archive images taken over the last century to track...

21 May 2021

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Press, Research

Philippe Lognonné and Philippe Labrot honored by the French Astronomical Society

Every year, the Board of Directors of the Société Astronomique de France awards prizes and medals to people it wishes to congratulate for their work o...