https://www.ias.universite-paris-saclay.fr
The Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) is a laboratory of the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) and of the University of Paris-Saclay. The IAS comprises about 140 scientists, engineers, technicians, administrators and graduate students.
The main research themes at the IAS are : solar physics, solar system and extrasolar planets, extraterrestrial and interstellar matter, galaxies and cosmology. The institute is heavily involved in space instrumentation, as well as having a large Research and Developpment (R&D) program. The IAS is a major partner for space agencies, national (CNES), or international (ESA, NASA), and works with many industrial partners (Thalès-Alenia, Air Liquide, Airbus, …).
The IAS also leads researches in experimental astrochemistry on extraterrestrial and interstellar solid matter and its evolution in relation with astronomical observations.