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Thomas Pesquet's return: what is the earth sickness that astronauts suffer from?

ation Upon his return to our Blue Planet, Thomas Pesquet, 43, will undergo a whole battery of medical tests. He will also have to readjust to life on Earth. After about 200 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the French astronaut will have to relearn how to stand, much like a small ...

09
Nov
2021

Legacy: a Yann Arthus-Bertrand retrospective in Nice

r career and highlights the evolution of his style and environmental concerns. While the photographer has become world famous for his images of the Earth from the sky, in his early days he was mainly interested in wildlife photography: it all began in 1979, when he moved to Africa with his wife, ...

30
Sep
2021

The Perseids: a meteor shower

l phenomena that can be admired in the summer sky, one of the most famous is the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseids are shooting stars visible from Earth. Each of these luminous phenomena accompanies the entry of an extraterrestrial body or meteoroid into the Earth's atmosphere. The dust grains e ...

09
Aug
2012

James Webb Telescope: 5 things to know about this space telescope

some 1.5 million never-before-seen images and made significant advances in our understanding of the universe. The telescope, orbiting 545 km above Earth, has revealed exoplanets outside our solar system, black holes, and a galaxy 13 billion years old. It is thus rightly that NASA called Hubble ...

24
Dec
2021

Thomas Pesquet: Objective France, a fascinating documentary on France 2.

squet: Objective France, to be discovered tomorrow evening on France 2, honors the French astronaut and his original view of our planet. Returning to Earth after two missions in space, Thomas Pesquet brought to our blue planet a perspective that only 500 astronauts before him have experienced. He i ...

24
Apr
2023

"Plans on the Comet: A Special 'Scènes de Ménages' Evening on M6"

ns on the Comet," airing this Monday, January 29, 2024, at 9:10 PM. In this special episode, it will be about the end of the world and a comet hitting Earth, but, as always in the series, this apocalyptic announcement is mainly an excuse for laughter. An episode with a wild and improbable plot Even ...

29
Jan
2024

Ludwig Wallendorff : the photographer who reproduces the images of Thomas Pesquet

A copycat left on Earth Thomas Pesquet, who just spent 6 months aboard the ISS, shared some incredible images of our planet as seen from space. Just like during his previous mission aboard the International Space Station, the French astronaut's photos fascinated the whole world and in particular ...

23
Nov
2021

Green tourism: what is a geopark?

of the geopark concept throughout the world. It was also in Digne-les-Bains that the International Declaration of the Rights of the Memory of the Earth was adopted in 1991, at the end of the first International Symposium on the Protection of Geological Heritage. This text still serves as a re ...

26
Apr
2022

5 things to know about avatars

The term avatar derives from the Sanskrit word "avatâra" which means "descent". This word specifically refers to the form used by a god to descend to Earth. In Hindu tradition, avatars refer to the earthly incarnations of a deity, particularly the ten incarnations of the god Vishnu. In Hindu mytho ...

26
Oct
2023

La Grande Motte: 5 things to know about this seaside resort in Hérault

is des Congrès and declared: "No one will be able to forget this man and his humanistic conception of architecture, aiming to recreate a lost paradise on Earth." 3- The municipality of La Grande Motte was established in 1974. It took nearly ten years, from 1965 to 1974, for the seaside resort envis ...

05
Dec
2012

The Pluie d'Images festival: a deluge of photo exhibitions in Brest

y, Writing workshops and a 'faîtes de la photo'. Edition 2023 The Pluie d'Images 2023 festival runs from January 14 to February 25, 2023 on the theme Earth Food. This year, professional photographers are invited: Stéphanie Lacombe Alexa Brunet Christian Rérat Alexandra De Dives Béatrice ...

07
Feb
2014

Cutting Hair with the Moon: The Lunar Calendar 2024

What is the principle? The Moon, which is Earth's only natural satellite, has captivated humanity since time immemorial. Many civilizations have deified this celestial body, elevating it to the status of a god or goddess, and even today, festivals are dedicated to it. It is therefore not surprisin ...

18
Oct
2018

8 steps to non-gardening

he planet's land is still wild. Natural habitats and entire ecosystems have been wiped out for agriculture (which now accounts for 40% of the land on Earth) and other forms of development. At this point, the least we can do is allow our tidy lawns and gardens to return to a more natural state. We o ...

18
May
2020

Around the world in 80 days: a very successful adaptation on France 2

a season 2 has already been ordered. Moreover, the production has also planned to adapt another novel by Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth! ...

20
Dec
2021

Space: 5 events expected in 2022

The brand new space telescope, which blasted off on Dec. 25 aboard an Ariane rocket, is on its way to the Lagrange L2 point 1.5 million miles from Earth. It should reach its destination by the end of January and calibrate its mirrors and instruments during 5 months. If all goes well, the Ja ...

13
Jan
2022

Film: understand the Don't Look Up phenomenon in 5 questions

ndifference to Climate change, this film of more than 2 hours perfectly illustrates the warning message launched by Jacques Chirac in 2002 at the 4th Earth Summit: 'Our house is burning and we look away'. Between humor and despair, this comedy adopts a satirical disaster movie tone to alert us to ...

27
Jan
2022

Chinese New Year 2022: what does the Water Tiger symbolize?

se astrology, each new year is associated with one of the 12 signs of the zodiac and one of the following five elements: Water, Fire, Metal, Wood and Earth. The 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac are represented by animals and return cyclically every 12 years: the rat, buffalo, tiger, rabbit, dragon, ...

01
Feb
2022

Astronomy: 5 things to know about pulsars

theory of an extraterrestrial signal was soon abandoned. It was in fact a pulsar located in the constellation Little Fox about 2000 light years from Earth. 4- This discovery was rewarded with a controversial Nobel Prize While Jocelyn Bell is known today for discovering the first pulsar, it was ...

25
Mar
2022

Astronomy: the Gaia satellite revolutionizes our vision of the Milky Way

ion-year-old history. To do this, this satellite has positioned itself in the famous second Lagrange point L2, located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth and opposite the Sun. From this space outpost, where it was recently joined by NASA's James webb Telescope, it was able to conduct the largest c ...

30
June
2022

Artemis 1 Mission: 5 things to know about NASA's program to the Moon

In the meantime, it will be possible to follow the Orion capsule continuously during the 42 days of its mission around the Moon until its return to Earth scheduled for October 10, 2022 on the Arow website: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/track-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission-in-real-time ...

29
Aug
2022