The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made it possible to better characterize known exoplanets since it was commissioned in 2022. Thanks to research led by a CNRS researcher[1] at the Observatoire de Paris-PSL associated with the Université Grenoble Alpes, the telescope recently captured the direct image of a previously unknown exoplanet. This discovery, which is published on June 25 2025 in the journal Nature, is a first for the telescope, and was achieved using a French-produced coronagraph installed on the JWST’s MIRI instrument.
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Grenoble ranks 7th worldwide in Dealroom's New Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2025. This in-depth comparative analysis evaluates 288 tech ecosystems across 69 countries, based on measurable data such as investment, innovation, talent and results.
Marie Ingrid Richard, Research Director at CEA’s IRIG laboratory, and Christopher Bäuerle, Research Director at CNRS’s Institut Néel, have just been awarded a grant by the European Research Council (ERC) as part of the Advanced Grants program. This funding scheme is one of the most prestigious and competitive in the European Union. This year, only 23 French scientists were eligible for this award, which suppor high profile projects promising major scientific breakthroughs.
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Europe's most innovative university
With 3,348 patents filed over 20 years, Université Grenoble Alpes ranks as the most innovative university in Europe, according to a study by the European Patent Office examining the strategy of 1,200 European higher education institutions.
Université Grenoble Alpes maintains its position in the top 150 of the Shanghai Global Ranking, which compares the research output of the world's top 1,000 universities. Nationally, it holds the 5th spot among the best French universities.
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