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A French nano satellite to unveil the mysteries of Beta Pictoris

A French nano satellite to unveil the mysteries of Beta Pictoris

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/french-nano-satellite-unveil-mysteries-beta-pictoris
Discovery of world's oldest plesiosaur

Discovery of world's oldest plesiosaur

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/discovery-worlds-oldest-plesiosaur

Bronze Age artifacts used meteoric iron

The Iron Age began in Anatolia and the Caucasus around 1200 BCE. But nearly 2,000 years earlier, various cultures were already fashioning objects out of iron. These items were extremely…
http://www.cnrs.fr/en/bronze-age-artifacts-used-meteoric-iron

New early signals to quantify the magnitude of strong earthquakes

This work came out of the interaction between seismologists who wanted to better understand earthquakes and physicists who were developing fine gravity measurements with a view to detecting…
http://www.cnrs.fr/en/new-early-signals-quantify-magnitude-strong-earthquakes
World's longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light

World's longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/worlds-longest-sauropod-dinosaur-trackway-brought-light

Gravitational waves shed first light on mergers of neutron stars

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/gravitational-waves-shed-first-light-mergers-neutron-stars
Gravitational waves : first joint LIGO-Virgo detection

Gravitational waves: first joint LIGO-Virgo detection

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/gravitational-waves-first-joint-ligo-virgo-detection

MATISSE to shed light on the formation of Earth and planets

MATISSE is one of the few projects for which France has responsibility under the auspices of the ESO. In early October 2017, the MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic…
http://www.cnrs.fr/en/matisse-shed-light-formation-earth-and-planets