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)
Contact : Lina Hadid (LPP)