After more than ten years from the beginning of its scientific activity focused on the internal structure of the Sun, which gave an understanding of the power mechanism of our star with unprecedented detail, the Borexino experiment at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratories publishes on October 25th on Nature the compendium of its results on solar neutrinos. With […]
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APC laboratory is happy to welcome Albert Stebbins (Fermilab) on Friday this week. Al kindly accepted to give a colloquium entitled “Spectroscopic Count Intensity Interferometry with Extremely Large Telescopes” (abstract below), in 454A at 11am on Friday, October 26. Title: Optical Intensity Interferometry (Hanbury Brown Twiss) is an astronomical imaging technique that was used to make the first direct measurement of stellar diameters. The technique was abandoned […]
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New observations suggest that kilonovae—immense cosmic explosions that produce silver, gold and platinum—may be more common than thought On October 16, 2017, an international group of astronomers and physicists excitedly reported the first simultaneous detection of light and gravitational waves from the same source—a merger of two neutron stars. Now, a team that includes several University of Maryland astronomers has identified […]
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Mélanie Thiriet collaborates with the UnivEarthS team I6: From dust to planets where she completed her doctorate. UnivEarthS is pleased to inform you of the defense of its thesis entitled : “Effect of the north/south dichotomy on the thermal structure and evolution of Mars”. The defense will take place on Monday, November 22, at 10 am at the IPGP Amphitheater. […]
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From 26 to 31 October 2018, the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris and the Institut de physique du globe de Paris will host PARISCIENCE, the international scientific film festival. PARISCIENCE projects every year, for free, a selection of the best scientific documentary production, French and international, in all durations and all formats. General public, schoolchildren and professionals discover feature […]
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