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Rock en Seine 2027: construction work disrupts the festival’s scheduleFor Rock en Seine, preparing the 2027 edition first means resolving an access issue. Construction work around the Saint-Cloud national estate is complicating the usual late-August dates.
At Châtelaillon-Plage, a fair for looking at objects before buying themA piece of furniture, a painting or a piece of crockery catches the eye first. Its period, provenance and attribution then call for precise questions.
Drought: why rain is not always enoughFrance’s September 2026 assessment shows a marked deficit. But rainfall, soil moisture and groundwater levels do not measure the same thing.
Casanova: in ‘Histoire de ma vie’, the art of telling one’s own storyBefore the adventures, Casanova sets up his encounter with the reader. The preface to his memoirs and the eventful journey of the manuscript offer another way into his work.
Why Star Wars spacecraft don’t look like real rocketsStaged rockets, the heat of atmospheric re-entry, life on board and the speed of light: what physics really allows spacecraft to do.
Clavelina: what these small transparent animals revealNeither plant nor deep-sea creature: the large clavelina lives in colonies and filters water. Its small translucent forms tell another story of coastal life.
Beneath the Moon, a pit is not enough to reveal an entire caveImages, radar and thermal measurements shed light on lunar cavities. But an entrance spotted from orbit reveals neither the extent of the underground nor whether it is habitable.
The first photograph of Earth from space: what the 1946 flight showedA camera aboard a V-2 photographed Earth on 24 October 1946, from an altitude of about 105 kilometres. A suborbital flight, long before images of the entire globe.
The Moon’s formation: what an assembly in a few hours meansSimulations can form a satellite directly after an impact. The 2026 research sheds light on the role of heat and the strength of rocks, without proving a single scenario.
Discover prehistory in the Grande Grotte at Arcy-sur-CureIn Yonne, the visit brings together cave paintings and underground landscapes. Choosing the right tour helps distinguish a general introduction from an archaeological perspective.
Webb: reading planetary collisions in stardustA study of 21 debris discs distinguishes several mineral signatures. Astronomers infer collisions between large rocky bodies, without observing them directly.
Marguerite: ‘Heal’ before her concert at the Rockhal in JanuaryThe singer is scheduled to perform at the Club on 14 January 2027. Her debut album follows on from the EP ‘Grandir’; an overview of the project and the Belval date.