Evolution of the large structures and galaxies

Numerical Simulations in Astrophysics

Web site of the COAST project Presentation The COAST project is a DAPNIA program of high performances computing in astrophysics. It includes developments of codes, numerical methods, visualization tools, distributed databases, optimization and parallelization methods.

HERSCHEL

Herschel An Infrared and Sub-millimetre Observatory The Herschel telescope is a scientific space mission developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to observing the Universe in the infrared and sub-millimetre ranges (wavelengths between 60 et 670 µm), a window of the electromagnetic spectrum that is still largely unexplored.

JWST

The James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on 25 December 2021 is the successor of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a NASA led mission with the participation of Europe, under the responsibility of the European Space Agency (ESA), and of Canada through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

XMM-Newton

An observatory to detect cosmic X-ray radiation

XMM-Newton An observatory to detect cosmic X-ray radiation The XMM-Newton observatory (XMM stands for X-ray Multi-Mirror) is a telescope of the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to studying the X-ray cosmic radiation.

Nuclear Physics Division

Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe