Message SF2A No 1174 – 02/03/26
- Concours CR BOETH 2026
- Communiqué SF2A pour la liberté d’expression et les libertés académiques
- ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme
- Poste MCF à Sorbonne Université
- Workshop Unifying Galactic and Extragalactic Views of Star Formation – Spectroscopic studies & Data Science, April 20th-24th, 2026, Paris (France)
- EAS Special session SS36 : Synergies between JWST and the ELT for the study of star and planet formation, June 29th – 30th, 2026, Lausanne (Switzerland)
- 5th edition of the MaNiTou Summer School on Gravitational Waves
- 6th MODEST meeting (Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems), 16–22 August, 2026, Quy Nhon (Vietnam)
- LATMOS Seminar March 3rd: Kei Masunaga – Observations of lunar surface-origin and exospheric ions by the Kaguya Ion Mass Analyzer
- Le numéro de mars du magazine de la SAF l’Astronomie est paru
1. Concours CR BOETH 2026
Le concours (par voie contractuelle) CR pour les personnes BOETH (Bénéficiaires de l’Obligation d’Emploi des Travailleurs Handicapés) ouvrira le 17 mars (cf. https://carrieres.cnrs.fr/actualites/recrutement-2026-de-chercheuses-et-chercheurs-en-situation-de-handicap/).
Cette page web est maintenue et sera mise à jour par les services RH du CNRS. Nous ne disposons d’aucune autre information que celles publiées via cette page.
Les modalités de ce concours ont changé cette année: il n’y a plus de pré-fléchage, cela signifie que toute personne pouvant justifier d’un status BOETH (titulaire d’une RQTH, Titulaire de l’Allocation aux Adultes Handicapés, carte d’invalidité avec la mention) peut candidater.
Il y aura au plus 2 postes pour tout l’INSU (les 4 sections de l’INSU, dont la section “19 Astrophysique“).
Ainsi, nous encourageons fortement toutes les personnes ayant une reconnaissance administrative de leur status BOETH à candidater à ce concours, indépendamment du concours CRCN.
Si vous avez des questions concernant ce concours par voie contractuelle, vous pouvez écrire à l’adresse suivante cnrs-handicap.correspondant.national@cnrs.fr après l’ouverture de l’appel le 17 mars.
Nous tenons à rappeler que les critères de sélection sont les critères scientifiques de la section https://section19.obspm.fr/criteres/
pour la section 19,
Damya Souami (référente handicap) et Fabrice Herpin (président)
2. Communiqué SF2A pour la liberté d’expression et les libertés académiques
Suite aux attaques et menaces dont a été victime notre collègue Éric Lagadec, la SF2A a réaffirmé son attachement indéfectible à la liberté d’expression et aux libertés académiques, valeurs essentielles à l’exercice de la science et au débat démocratique. Le communiqué suivant a été diffusé sur le site et les réseaux sociaux (bluesky, instagram, mastodon, facebook, linkedin) :
Le conseil de la SF2A
3. ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme
To increase the scientific return from its space science missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) welcomes applications from scientists interested in pursuing research projects based on data publicly available in the ESA Space Science Archives.
The ESA Archival Research Visitor Programme is open to scientists, at all career levels, affiliated with institutes in ESA Member States and Cooperating States (all visits must comply with the ESA security directives, which may necessitate additional checks). Early-career scientists are particularly encouraged to apply. Research projects can be carried out at ESAC (Madrid) and at ESTEC (Noordwijk). During their visits, lasting 1-3 months, visiting scientists will have access to archives and mission specialists for help with the retrieval, calibration, and analysis of archival data. ESA covers travel costs from and to the home institution and provides support for lodging expenses and meals.
Applications received by 30 April 2026, 23:59 UTC, will be considered for visits in autumn/winter 2026/2027. For details see: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/visitor-programme
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Transmis par Guido De Marchi
4. Poste MCF à Sorbonne Université
Un poste MCF à Sorbonne Université, affectation au LIRA sur le profil Minéralogie et Physico-chimie des surfaces planétaires est ouvert.
La fiche de poste est disponible ici: https://recrutement.sorbonne-universite.fr/_resources/EC/Recrutement%2520EC%25202026/Fac%2520SI/SU_FSI_MCF_261034.pdf?download=true
Transmis par Thierry Fouchet
5. Workshop Unifying Galactic and Extragalactic Views of Star Formation – Spectroscopic studies & Data Science, April 20th-24th, 2026, Paris (France)
This is the second announcement for the upcoming workshop “Unifying Galactic and Extragalactic Views of Star Formation – Spectroscopic Studies & Data Science” . This workshop will take place at Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris from April 20th to April 24th. We will also broadcast the conference for registered participants through zoom.
The objectives of this workshop, at the interface between astronomy and data science, are to discuss spectroscopic studies of molecular clouds both locally in the Milky Way and in nearby galaxies. A focus will be put on the challenges posed by the analysis of large spectroscopic data sets, thanks to interdisciplinary discussions between data scientists and astronomers.
Research topics to be discussed at the conference will include:
- Multi-line observations of the Milky Way and nearby galaxies;
- Chemistry, magnetic field and star formation;
- Inverse problems, regularization and information theory;
- Statistical & Bayesian inference, machine learning and neural networks.
We welcome submission for oral contributions before 2026 March 6th in the evening (new deadline).
Website : https://daoism2026.sciencesconf.org
Transmis par Maryvonne Guerin
6. EAS Special session SS36 : Synergies between JWST and the ELT for the study of star and planet formation, June 29th – 30th, 2026, Lausanne (Switzerland)
We invite contributions to the EAS special session (SS36) aimed at preparing the community for the scientific exploitation of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT, first light planned for 2029) instruments and its synergies with JWST.
This session will explore how to best leverage these synergies from defining key science cases such as the physics and chemistry of H II regions, the earliest phases of star and planet formation and the role of external irradiation in disk evolution, to developing coordinated observational strategies, shared analysis tools, modeling and synthetic observations. We also aim to identify priority programs and establish a collaboration that will help structure community efforts in preparation for early ELT operations.
The program will feature a mix of invited and contributed talks of 15 minutes each (presentation+questions), with booked time for discussion to encourage exchanges and build future joint initiatives.
More information can be found at https://eas.unige.ch/EAS_meeting/session.jsp?id=SS36
The deadline for abstract submission is on March 3rd.
Transmis par Ilane Schroetter for the EAS Special Session SS36 SOC
7. 5th edition of the MaNiTou Summer School on Gravitational Waves
We are pleased to announce that the 5th edition of the MaNiTou Summer School on Gravitational Waves will be hosted in Nice from June 29th to July 4th 2026.
Registrations are now open until April 10th, 2026.
Please note that the school offers accommodation free of charge for up to 50 master and PhD students. The school being labelled as « Ecole Thématique CNRS », note that for CNRS employees, travel and stay expenses will be covered by the CNRS.
You can find more details about the school here below.
Registration and further information are available at the following website:
https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/36972
Transmis par Delphine Porquet
8. 6th MODEST meeting (Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems), 16–22 August, 2026, Quy Nhon (Vietnam)
Abstract Submission and Registration Now Open
We are pleased to announce that abstract submission is now open for the 26th MODEST meeting (Modeling and Observing DEnse STellar systems). MODEST-26 will take place at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, from 16–22 August 2026.
Abstracts can be submitted via the following link: https://tally.so/r/ODzBb8
To receive full consideration for oral presentations, please submit your abstract by 31st March 2026.
Conference registration is also open and must be completed separately via the official registration page:
https://www.icisequynhon.com/conferences/2026/modest2026/registration.html
Young researchers (in particular PhD students) who wish to apply for financial support may indicate this in the remarks section of the registration form. Depending on the number of participants and available resources, limited accommodation support may be provided to young researchers.
Hotel accommodation and board may be booked through the registration page.
For practical information regarding travel, visas, accommodation, and the venue, please visit:
https://www.icisequynhon.com/conferences/2026/modest2026/information.html
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to a productive and engaging MODEST-26 meeting in Quy Nhon.
Abbas Askar, Tomek Bulik, Rainer Spurzem & the MODEST-26 Scientific Organizing Committee
Transmis par Thierry Montmerle
9. LATMOS Seminar March 3rd: Kei Masunaga – Observations of lunar surface-origin and exospheric ions by the Kaguya Ion Mass Analyzer
On Tuesday March 3rd, Kei Masunaga (Yamagata Univ.) will give a seminar on the « Observations of lunar surface-origin and exospheric ions by the Kaguya Ion Mass Analyzer ». The seminar will take place at 11:30am in LATMOS Guyancourt in room 2202. It will be retransmitted on Webinaire.
Low-energy ions associated with the lunar surface and exosphere provide valuable information on surface composition and volatile-related processes on airless bodies. In this seminar, I will present an overview of ion observations obtained by the Ion Mass Analyzer (IMA) onboard the Kaguya spacecraft, focusing on the spatial and temporal characteristics of lunar-origin ions.
Using approximately one year of time-of-flight (TOF) data, we examined the distributions of multiple ion species commonly observed in the lunar environment, including He⁺, C⁺, O⁺, Na⁺, Al⁺, K⁺, and Ar⁺, primarily in the low-energy range below 300 eV. Assuming that these ions are accelerated by the motional electric field of the solar wind prior to detection, the observed fluxes were mapped to corresponding regions on the lunar surface. The results reveal systematic asymmetries in ion occurrence, with enhanced fluxes on the dawnside compared to the duskside.
In addition to major atomic ions, the TOF spectra occasionally exhibit residual signals at mass-to-charge ratios consistent with water-related ion species. These signals show a tendency to be more frequently observed at high latitudes than at low latitudes, qualitatively consistent with previously reported distributions of lunar water inferred from remote sensing observations. These observations suggest that ion measurements can offer complementary information on the presence and activity of lunar water.
Overall, this seminar shows how ion observations by Kaguya/IMA provide information on various lunar-origin ion species, including water-related ions, and how these results are relevant to future ion measurements, including the Martian Moons Exprolation mission.
Transmis par Audrey Chatain
10. Le numéro de mars du magazine de la SAF l’Astronomie est paru
Le numéro de mars (n°202) du magazine de la SAF l’Astronomie est paru.
Dans ce numéro, T. Encrenaz (OP) rend hommage à R.- M. Bonnet et évoque son apport scientifique exceptionnel à la recherche spatiale internationale.
Dans les Actualités, F. Deschamps (IESA,Taiwan), T. Encrenaz, F. Mottez (OP), G. Attard, A. Maury, F. Signoret, D. Huber (programme MAPS) présentent respectivement un mode de subduction particulier dans Europe, une exolune volcanique autour d’une exoplanète géante, les ondes de plasma du vent solaire et une comète rasante du Soleil découverte par des astronomes amateurs. Dans la rubrique Zoom, F. Hammer (OP) présente le groupe local de galaxies et son contenu en matière noire et S. Collin-Zahn (OP) une idée concernant notre Galaxie et la vie. En Histoire T. Encrenaz évoque l’apparition de la comète de Halley, il y a quarante ans, et la moisson scientifique qu’elle a engendré.
Dans Instrumentation P. Jian et L. Qian (Académie chinoise des Sciences) décrivent le radiotélescope FAST. Du côté Observations, J. Dijon et B. Balusseau (SAF) révèlent la détection des anneaux d’Uranus par des amateurs. G. Sautot (SAF) invite à observer les galaxies M109 et NGC959 et E. Evrard (SAF) Régulus occulté par la Lune. L. Vadrot (SAF) présente la lunette connectée S30Pro et divers accessoires
Pour vous informer sur le numéro en cours et les numéros précédents, vous abonner, ou abonner votre laboratoire, voir https://lastronomie.fr.
Transmis par Nicole Mein
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