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December 2007

Flying saucers around Saturn
07-12-2007
The unexpected shape of the Saturn moons inside the rings (7 Decembre 2007)
The high resolution images provided by the Cassini spacecraft have uncovered a surprising shape for two small Saturn satellites located inside the rings of the giant planet. An international team, leaded by Sébastien Charnoz and ... More »

November 2007

No more starless galaxies ?
15-11-2007
The dark galaxy may just be tidal debris (15 novembre 2007)
What is a galaxy ? Stars, gas, some dust and surrounding them an invisible dark matter halo. The discovery a few years ago of a so-called « dark galaxy »  devoid of its most famous component - the stars - raised a lot of interest in ... More »

June 2007

Warning shot for a cataclysm
14-06-2007
An outstanding star explosion heralded by a giant outburst (14 June 2007)
A team of European, Japanese and Chinese astronomers, led by A. Pastorello from the Astrophyical Research Centre at Belfast University and including French scientists from the Paris Institute for Astrophysics (IAP) and the Service ... More »