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- 1Planck Image Maps the Milky Way's Magnetic Field●Our Galaxy's Magnetic Field from Planck Credits: ESA, Planck, CNRS, IAS, U. Paris-XI # nature # space # astrophotography
A striking image of the Milky Way's magnetic field, based on data from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite, is circulating among space enthusiasts. The map shows polarised light from galactic dust tracing the galaxy's magnetic field lines, credited to ESA, Planck, CNRS, IAS and Paris-XI University. It is being shared as an example of the beauty and value of astrophotography and public space science data.
- 2Bats: nature's evolution laboratories●Zoologie / Les chauves-souris, laboratoires de l’évolution CNRS, ave Le Monde ; vidéo, 6:46 min https:// youtu.be/tFeMOc
The CNRS, with Le Monde, has released a short film looking at bats as living laboratories of evolution. The six-and-a-half-minute video explores how the animals' extraordinary diversity of diets, habitats and adaptations makes them a prime subject for studying evolutionary processes, with fieldwork taking in locations such as Trinidad and Tobago. It is being shared by French-speaking science and nature enthusiasts online.