Highlights (2018)

 

21/12/2018

First successful Sun exposure for the Parker Solar Probe mission (IRAP)

Contact : Alexis Rouillard (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

12/12/2018

The SLOW-SOURCE project led by an IRAP researcher receives a European funding (IRAP)

Contact : Alexis Rouillard (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

6/12/2018

The surface of Titan seen in the infrared domain by the Cassini probe (IRAP)

Contact : Jeremie Lasue (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

29/11/2018

Successful test of the MEA Electron Analyzers on the BepiColombo/Mio probe (IRAP)

Contact : Nicolas André (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

23/10/2018

WHOLESUN : understanding the physical mechanisms underlying the eruptive activity of the Sun and its stellar twins (AIM)

Contact : Allan-Sacha Brun (AIM)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

22/10/2018

BepiColombo launched towards Mercure! (IRAP)

Contact : Nicolas André (IRAP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15/10/2018

Saturn: Cassini discovers a new radiation belt (IRAP)

Contact : Iannis Dandouras (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8/10/2018

PHEBUS, a French spectrometer on board the BepiColombo mission to Mercury soon started (LATMOS)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4/10/2018

Cassini Grand Finale : a dive into the very heart of Saturn’s radio aurorae (Observatoire de Paris - PSL) : PDF file

Contact : Laurent Lamy (LESIA)

 
 
 
 
 
 

7/09/2018

Parker Solar Probe: French research takes off towards the Sun (IRAP)

Contact : Philippe Louarn (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

13/08/2018

Singular waves to heat the solar corona (IRAP)

Contact : Arturo Lopez Ariste (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

16/06/2018

Exploring planetary plasma environments from your laptop (LATMOS)

Contact : Ronan Modolo (LATMOS), Vincent Génot (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

6/06/2018

Le Soleil serait-il plus gros que prévu par les modèles (OCA, LATMOS)

Contacts : Thierry Corbard (OCA), Mustapha Meftah (LATMOS)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

17/05/2018

NASA MMS satellites discover new magnetic reconnection process associated with plasma turbulence (IRAP)

Contact : Benoît Lavraud (IRAP)

 
 
 
 
 

3/05/2018

A new technique reveals how coherent structures drive energy transfer and dissipation in space plasma turbulence (LPP)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

09/04/2018

Solar tornadoes are not tornadoes ! (Observatoire de Paris - PSL) : PDF file

Solar tornadoes are not tornadoes! (IRAP)

Contacts : Brigitte Schmieder (LESIA), Etienne Pariat (LESIA), Arturo Lopez Ariste (IRAP)

 

 

 
 

16/02/2018

First direct MHD numerical simulation of turbulent heating in the solar wind (LPP)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8/02/2018

How to predict the energy of dangerous solar flares (AIM)

Contact : Jean-Jaques Aly (AIM)

 
 
 
 
 

29/01/2018

Plasma turbulence in the Earth magnetosheath : the heating rate amplified by density fluctuations (LPP)

INSU, ESA

Contact : Lina Hadid (LPP)