Strasbourg astronomical observatory - Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg

Strasbourg astronomical Observatory is an Observatory providing services to the astronomical community, a faculty of the Strasbourg University (Unistra), and a mixed research unit from CNRS and Unistra. It is located on the historical campus of the University.

Discover the observatory

Actus

Credits: NASA, Pablo Garcia

An Exceptional Einstein Cross Reveals Hidden Dark Matter

16 September 2025 An international team of astronomers, including Diana Ismail from Strasbourg astronomical observatory, has observed a galaxy in the early...

IXPE explores Black Hole's Jet

6 May 2025 The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), a NASA mission in collaboration with the Space Italian Agency (ASI), has resolved a fundamental...

Star cluster mergers in dwarf galaxies

9 April 2025 A recent study, led by Dr. Mélina Poulain from the University of Oulu, reports the first direct observation of merging star ...

SVOM development engineer position

21 February 2025 The team working on the ground segment of the MXT camera for the French-Chinese SVOM missionmission has a vacancy for a Python DevOps developer.This...

Seminars & meetings

17 October 2025

Séminaire - Laurence Tresse (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

"The WST...

See all events

--- Image sources :

XMM-Newton_spacecraft_model: XMM/ESA