Thanks to Fink, a software package created by two CNRS engineers, it is now possible to track millions of transient celestial phenomena observed in the sky by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, ...

For years, specialists have observed multiple flashes of light on the Moon. Initially, many believed them to be illusions, but now most have concluded that they indeed are a reality, according to IFL ...

Transient and explosive astronomical phenomena constitute a research area focused on short-lived, high-energy events in the universe, such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, tidal disruption events, ...

Observation of the night sky, before the advent of satellites, was assumed to be free of the artificial bright points that populate our astronomical images today. Yet, photographic archives from the ...

As one of the most anticipated ground-based telescopes ever constructed, the Vera Rubin Observatory in Northern Chile is on the cusp of finally seeing fruition. Once its wide-field camera sees ...

Four years ago, a green “ghost” appeared over a thunderstorm cloud in the Mediterranean Sea. To the delight of Spanish scientists, this ephemeral sighting finally offered a rare window into a ...

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