Almost every day, astronomers announce the discovery of a particular exoplanet. Each time, one wonders if it is habitable, resembles the Earth or not, could host human colonies. Many people start dreaming, but there's always a catch. The closest one to
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Just fifty years ago, on July 21, 1969, a quarter of humanity had its eyes on the Moon. All together, all races, ethnic groups, religions combined, holding our breath, incredulous in front of the blurred and jerky images of the television set or raising our eyes towards the star.
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On Saturday, July 13, before an audience of high-ranking military officials gathered at the Hôtel de Brienne, President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a new army corps dedicated to space. A major space command will be created next September within the French Air Force, which will become the French Air Force.
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Mars seems to have become the latest fashionable destination. There is no shortage of projects and candidates for the long journey are jostling for the gate. It must be said that the first organized trip is for - almost - tomorrow: 2024. That's what Elon Musk predicts, ready to embark.
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On 27 March, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi bragged on television about the successful launch of a missile into an orbiting satellite. India thus entered the very closed club of nations capable of waging space war. The problem is that the missile
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As an important international meeting is being held in Geneva to lay the foundations for peace in space, Star Trek-style boot noises are being heard. Washington accuses Russia and China of an arms race in space. An escalation whose risk
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À l’occasion des 50 ans des premiers pas sur la Lune, la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie donne une carte blanche artistique à Caroline Corbasson pour LUNARAMA, une installation dans l’espace Science Actualités, au cœur de l’expo-dossier Lune : 50 ans… et après ? A partir du 26 mars.
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A l’occasion de l’exposition La Lune au Grand Palais (3 avril – 22 juillet 2019), la Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn-GP) a choisi cette thématique pour produire sa première série de podcasts. Cette création originale intègre des archives audiovisuelles et radiophoniques, des lectures de textes inédits, ainsi qu’un habillage
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More than ever, our societies need to look towards the future. These projections towards a world in the making must allow us to move towards a construction that is desirable and meaningful for the greatest number of people. The 8th edition of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation 2018 international architecture competition traces its
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The devastating fires in California in November, the earthquake in Indonesia, the explosive eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, the drought in France, ... but also the construction of facilities for migrant children in Texas, or the development of roads and buildings on a remote island of the
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The Observatoire de l'Espace (the cultural laboratory of the CNES) and the HEAD Geneva, University of Art and Design, are launching a research programme on representations linked to extraterrestrial habitat "Habiter l'espace extraterrestre", a three-year research programme, which will focus on the representations (images, drawings, plans, sketches...) generated by the desire
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Ever since the first human beings looked up to the sky, they have wondered if they were alone in the universe. This recurring question of humanity may find a definitive answer. Having launched dozens of missions over the past decades to explore our solar system and beyond,
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President Trump has announced his intention to create a new force: the United States Space Force. At a time when the conquest of space is in full swing and rockets are rushing through the gates of space, when our society is vitally dependent on satellite networks and when precious resources are being lost.
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En 2017, Space X, la société crée par Elon Musk en 2002, est devenue le premier opérateur mondial de fusées. Avec 18 lancements au compteur cette année, elle surclasse Arianespace qui a accompli 11 missions et United Launch Alliance, l’alliance de Boeing et Lockheed Martin Corp. Ce succès pour
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The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund announced Thursday that it will invest $1 billion in Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company of British billionaire Richard Branson. "This investment will enable us to develop the next generation of satellite launches and accelerate our navigation program (...)
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La course spatiale entre les Etats-Unis et la Russie a débuté il y a exactement soixante ans (le 4 octobre 1957) avec un bip du satellite Spoutnik et s’est terminée dix-huit ans plus tard avec une poignée de main dans l’espace. Cette image a marqué le début de plusieurs décennies
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A few weeks ago, several major discoveries were made in quick succession to rekindle the hypothesis of possible extraterrestrial life. The first of these discoveries concerns Enceladus, a moon of Saturn with very special characteristics that have been confirmed by the data collected by the Cassini probe (a
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La 7e édition du concours international d’architecture Fondation Jacques Rougerie – Institut de France est lancée. L’architecte, l’ingénieur, le designer, tous participent à leur échelle au développement et à la construction du monde à venir. En regardant plus loin, au-delà des pensées acquises et des concepts établis, ces entrepreneurs, ces
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It is a small village, with its houses, collective activity centres, factories, inhabitants and tourists. Although the surrounding landscape is a little deserted, the skies are magnificent, with unbridled romanticism. We are on the moon in 2030. From there we will be able to
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Un des dangers majeurs qui guettent les objets spatiaux que nous envoyons au-delà de notre atmosphère est celui de la collision avec les millions de déchets qui vaguent dans l’espace. Boulon perdu, outil oublié, ou plus naturellement micrométéorites. Ces objets sont meurtriers pour les vaisseaux spatiaux car leur collision à
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