Science Festival 2024

As part of the Fête de la Science, the IAS will open its doors to the public on Sunday, October 6, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The program includes presentations, workshops, and tours! Admission is free!

Check-in takes place in front of Building 121 (91405 Orsay, Rue Jean Teillac) from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Conferences

• 2:30–3:00 p.m.: ARIEL: Observing the Atmospheres of Exoplanets (Marc Ollivier)
• 3:10–3:40 p.m.: Mars Exploration: What Challenges Lie Ahead in the Coming Decades? (Cédric Pilorget)
• 3:50–4:20 p.m.: Studying extraterrestrial matter in the laboratory: a record of the history of our Solar System (Damien Loizeau)
• 4:30–5:00 p.m.: The Birth of Stars and Planets as Seen by the JWST (Laurent Verstraete)
• 5:10–5:40 p.m.: Space Refrigerators for Cosmology (Anaïs Besnard)

Workshops

•  Build your own spectroscope to analyze light
• Activity for young children: “Nono the Martian Robot”—in groups of 6 children at 2:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. (meets at the reception desk, in front of Building 121)
•  Sun Observations: What a mood our Sun is in today! (free access)
• Virtual tour of Comet 67P and Mars: in groups of 6 at 2:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. (meets at the reception desk, in front of Building 121)
• A Tour of Stellar Physics: In groups of 10 at 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m. (meets at the reception desk, in front of Building 121)
• Art-science exhibits and a virtual journey to the Sun: in groups of 20 at 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m. (meeting at the reception desk, in front of Building 121)

Tour of the Calibration Station

• Tour of the large space instrument testing hall, in groups of 15 people at 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. (meeting at the reception desk in front of Building 121)
• Presentation of fun experiments: The Misadventures of Mr. Balloon, the Cryogenic Distillation Apparatus, and the Plutonian Ice Cube, in groups of 15 people at 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m. (meeting at the reception desk, in front of Building 121)