Numerous and bright, the stars offer the richest information about our universe. Stars evolve due to thermonuclear reactions in their core synthesizing vital elements of the universe.
The COMETA research group is dedicated to the study of the small bodies of the solar system, comets, asteroids, and meteors. It is involved with ground-based telescopes (TRAPPIST, VLT) and space missions like HERA and Comet Interceptor.
The CSL laboratory of electronics grown through the constant need to bring innovative solutions to the problems generated by the space environment and by the permanent request of the space instruments to achieve better signal to noise resolutions.
The High-Energy Astrophysics Group uses space-borne observatories to study massive stars, their interactions, and their environment from UV to X-rays and gamma rays. These studies are complemented by multiwavelength observations from ground-based telescopes.
The IFPA group studies consequences of theoretical particle physics models (axions, hidden sector) on astrophysical observables, physics related to high-energy colliders, cosmic rays and neutrinos, and as a Virgo member, gravitational wave analysis.
The LPAP is organized into four research themes focusing on different aspects of planetary atmospheres and their interactions with the magnetospheres and oceans.
MEGA is dedicated to the study of astrophysical phenomena in the Milky Way and in extragalactic environments, using observations across the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma-rays.
The two main fields are space optical systems and optical metrology. The lab has a secular activity in the design, development, integration and calibration of space optical systems as well as for astronomy than for earth observation purposes.
The PSILab is dedicated to the development and scientific exploitation of astronomical instrumentation for the high-contrast, high-angular resolution imaging of planetary and stellar systems.
CSL activities on radar imagery processing have begun for twenty years and resulted in the creation of the "Space Environment and Remote Sensing Group".
Our lab mastered surface treatments based on deposit coatings, ion beam figuring, reactive plasma etching, surface micro texturing and related metrology.
The thermal and mechanical competences of the CSL originally emerged to support our historical activities; design and integration of space instruments, as well as operation of our unique set of environmental test facilities.
