On May 1, 2026, the European Commission approved ET-COMPASS, a Horizon Europe project with a budget of €1.5 million to support the Einstein Telescope as it moves into its implementation phase. Astrocent, a partner of the APC Laboratory, will lead the project’s international strategic communications.

An article published in the prestigious Reviews of Modern Physics by a team from the APC Laboratory and collaborators summarizes current knowledge about the mysterious core of the Milky Way

In 2025, the Paris Center for Cosmological Physics (PCCP) became the Cosmos, Science, and Society Center (CSS). This name change is accompanied by a new logo and a new website. This evolution reaffirms the center’s core mission: a science outreach organization affiliated with the APC laboratory that works to build bridges between fundamental research in astrophysics and civil society. Discover their new website and their initiatives.

On February 17, 2025, the Polish Academy of Sciences officially established the International Institute for Particle Astrophysics, which operates under the name Astrocent. Based in Warsaw, it is the first institute in Central and Eastern Europe entirely dedicated to particle astrophysics. The APC Laboratory, a partner of Astrocent, will play an important role in this project, whose development is supported by €30 million in European and national funding.