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