Proxima Centauri, a Trinary Star System
The sun’s closest neighbour, Proxima Centauri is not a lone star. A century after its discovery, our team has just demonstrated that this re
From Numerical Simulation to the First Telescopic Image
Astronomical observations are about to deliver the very first telescopic image of a giant black hole. The mass of data collected in one nigh
“Several Models Exist to Describe the Primordial Universe”
Shaking the world of cosmology is a debate between the proponents of cosmic inflation, in the large majority, and a handful of physicists th
Ulugh Beg, Prince of Stars
Who is Ulugh Beg? A prince, since he governed a province in the central Asian empire built by his grandfather Tamerlan. Above all, he was a
