
Rouages: “Thanks to our work, Montpellier-based nanosatellites are generating scientific data in orbit.”
Published on: October 31 , 2024
Romain Briand and Ezéchiel Pinède are mechanical engineer and systems engineer, respectively...

[LUM#20] On Earth as in space
Published on: October 11 , 2023
When we use our muscles less, they eventually lose their conditioning. To improve...

# Science Fun: From the infinitely large with Spirou to the infinitely small...
Published on: February 3 , 2021
Welcome to the program co-produced by the University of Montpellier and Divergence-FM, which...

# Science Fun: From the infinitely large with Spirou to the infinitely small...
Published on: February 3 , 2021
Welcome to the program co-produced by the University of Montpellier and Divergence-FM, which...

A nanosatellite to detect the risk of heavy rainfall events
Published on: October 19 , 2020
Better predict heavy rainfall events by collecting data where the vapor...

The mystery of tardigrades' extreme resilience finally solved?
Published on: March 11 , 2020
September 2007. A Russian rocket takes off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying...

Toads, fish, and nematode worms: the space station's strange menagerie
Published on: January 11 , 2019
They are called "model organisms": flies, mice, zebrafish, frogs, or...

The secrets of tardigrades, those cosmic Pokémon
Published on: June 8 , 2018
They are clawed and mythologically beautiful. Tardigrades, microscopic invertebrates with...

UM student nanosatellite in orbit
Published on: June 19 , 2017
ROBUSTA 1B, the second nanosatellite from the University of Montpellier, took off on Friday...

Students in orbit
Published on: May 30 , 2017
With their Celesta nanosatellite, UM students have just been selected by...

[LUM#5] Proxima b, the invisible beauty
Published on: March 7 , 2017
It could harbor life. A few light-years away, Proxima b reactivates an old...

Proxima b, a potentially habitable rocky exoplanet
Published on: August 31 , 2016
Proxima Centauri, the star closest to the Sun, has a planet. Named Proxima...