The mission ended in complete silence where everyone held their breath, followed by a few tears and a thunder of applause. Closing a chapter of the study of Saturn, its moons and rings, the Cassini spacecraft plunged to Saturn on September 15, 2018, burning as it entered the atmosphere, while on Earth the ship’s explosion was noticed by the sudden […]
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UnivEarthS was very present on the campus of the Paris Diderot University during the 2017 edition of the Science Festival, and hosted many classes as well as the general public thanks to the researchers and students who involved in the event. Exhibitions, conferences and workshops helped everyone to discover the different aspects of the Earth and Universe Sciences which are the […]
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On October 11, 2017, the L’Oréal Foundation organized the event “Generation Young Researchers”, an interactive conference with inspirational presentations, round tables and interviews, followed by the 2017 L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” award in partnership with the Academy of Sciences and the French National Commission for UNESCO. Among the laureates of the year 2017 is Sandrine Péron, a PhD student […]
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This year, UnivEarthS and its researchers are joining the Paris Diderot University to present their projects on the campus from 11 to 14 October 2017. With the theme “Science in All Times”, Labex members have redoubled their imagination to develop original animations. They will offer visitors from all walks of life, time to discover, explore, watch or listen to, and […]
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Barry Clark Barish, emeritus professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), became Principal Investigator of the Gravitational Wave Observatory by Laser Interferometry (LIGO) in 1994 and its director from 1997 for several years. He led the effort to approve funding for LIGO by NSF in 1994, the construction and commissioning of LIGO interferometers in Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA […]
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