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In 2026, the Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics (LIRA) will celebrate its first year since its official creation on 1 January 2025:...

Today, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of its Consolidator Grants, which each year support numerous projects led by mid-career...

Michele Lissoni was awarded the EPSC Outstanding Poster Competition prize by the Europlanet Society at the 2025 edition, held in Helsinki, which attracted...

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the LIRA’s Equality & Quality of Life at Work Committee is joining forces with...

We are saddened to announce the sudden passing of Bernadette Caffier-Le Squeren on 28 October 2025, at the age of 80. As former colleagues and former...

Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, the world’s leading expert on comets, has been awarded the prestigious Prix des Sciences de l’Univers by the Henri Deslandres...

And that’s two! Guy Perrin, a researcher at the LIRA, has received his second award of the year - and not the least: the Officer’s Medal of the National...

André Boischot died on the night of 7 June 2025, in his 100th year. He would have been 100 on 5 December 2025.

The LIRA at Paris Observatory-PSL is extremely proud to welcome the promotion of Nicole Vilmer, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS, to the rank of...