An astronomy club in French Guiana is keeping the memory of Jean Richer alive. In 1672 Richter spent weeks in the Amazon rainforest, staring at the night sky, sending reports to his partner in Paris — Giovanni Cassini — who used Richter's work to estimate the distance to the sun for the first time.

‘Failure at every level’: How science sleuths exposed massive ethics violations at a famed French institute

French scientists alarmed by ‘disastrous’ cut to research budget

How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery

AI Will Bring Legendary French Singer Edith Piaf Back To Life

Climate change increasing likelihood of extreme snowfall in the French Alps, research suggests

French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years

Why Do French Bulldogs Fart So Much? - How to Manage It

Traces of Oldest and Largest Solar Storm Found in Buried French Forest

A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis

French Caves Contain Oldest Cave Neanderthal Engravings - As published in a recent study, a cave at La Roche-Cotard in the Loire Valley demonstrates fascinating Paleolithic art that was sealed by rock for over 57,000 years.

French Woman Sitting on Her Terrace Struck By Mystery Space Rock

'Meteorite' that struck French woman was just a regular Earth rock, experts say

Tour of French New Space 2023: Yoda & Hemeria

The first photos of the Sun were taken in 1845 by French physicists Louis Fizeau and Lion Foucault. In the 1860s, Warren de la Rue recorded the complete 11 year solar cycle in a series of almost 3000 images that clearly showed sunspots and other features

57,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Markings Discovered in Sealed French Cave

Djokovic Wins French Open—After Claiming ‘Nanotechnology’ TaoPatch On His Chest Boosts On-Court Performance

French researchers slam former hospital director for 'unauthorised' Covid trial

CNES astronaut Jean-Jacques Favier, 1st French scientist to fly in space, dies at 73

Number of French children on anti-depressants soars