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The Stuff that Planets Are Made of
Researchers of the NCCR PlanetS at the University of Zürich have analyzed the composition and structure of far-away exoplanets using statistical tools. Their analysis indicates whether a planet is earth-like, made up of pure rock or a water-world. The larger the planet, the more hydrogen and helium surround it. Is there a second Earth out […]
Continue ReadingPostdoctoral Fellowship in exoplanet observations with CHEOPS
The Theoretical Astrophysics and Planetary Science Group (led by Prof. Willy Benz and Yann Alibert) and the SAINT-EX research group (led by Prof. Brice-Olivier Demory) both at the University of Bern, Switzerland, seek qualified candidates for a Postdoctoral position in CHEOPS exoplanet observations. The Characterising ExoPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) is a joint mission between ESA and […]
Continue ReadingCHEOPS Fellowship
Switzerland has established the National Center of Competences in Research (NCCR) PlanetS with a broad scope which includes planet origin, evolution and characterisation, considering both the Solar System and exoplanets. With the CHEOPS Fellowship programme PlanetS wants to support the scientific exploitation of the ESA CHEOPS mission – the first dedicated to search for transits […]
Continue ReadingInformatiker/in mit Schwerpunkt Web-Design (80-100%)
Im Rahmen des Nationalen Forschungsschwerpunkt (NFS PlanetS) und der CHEOPS Weltraummission sucht das Center for Space and Habitability per 1.11.2018 oder nach Vereinbarung eine/n Informatiker/in mit Schwerpunkt Web-Design (80-100%) In Ihren Aufgabenbereich fallen: Pflege und Verwaltung von bestehenden Web-Auftritten Neu- und Weiterentwicklung von Web-Applikationen (PHP, SQL, JavaScript, Ajax) Installation und Wartung jeglicher webbasierten Tools (z.B. […]
Continue ReadingPhd position on the statistical comparison between planet population synthesis and observations at the universities of Bern and Geneva
Phd position on the statistical comparison between planet population synthesis and observations at the universities of Bern and Geneva. We are offering a new PhD position in the field of planetary sciences. The PhD student is expected to make the link between the theoretical efforts of planet population modeling developed in Bern and the actual […]
Continue ReadingPostdoctoral position in the field of planetary sciences at the University of Bern
We are offering a new postdoctoral position in the field of planetary sciences. The selected applicant will address different key problems of planet formation and will contribute to the development of planet formation models, both based on accretion of planetesimals and accretion of pebbles, as well as the analysis of the results of models. The […]
Continue ReadingPostDoc position in early solar system studies – University of Bern
The Physics Institute and the Institute for Geology, both at the University of Bern invite applications for a Postdoctoral fellowship in the field of early solar system chronology and noble gas cosmochemistry. The proposed project, which is funded within the NCCR PlanetS program, aims at dating chondrules from primitive meteorites using the 26Al-26Mg dating system. […]
Continue ReadingPhD Position – University of Bern
The CSH is a multi-disciplinary center for scientists working on the formation, detection and characterization of other worlds, the definition of life and our search for it elsewhere in the Universe. It is home to astronomers, atmospheric, climate and planetary researchers, geologists and geophysicists, biologists, chemists and philosophers. PHD POSITION IN ASTROCHEMISTRY, STAR AND PLANET […]
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“Switzerland is a space nation!”
The research satellite CHEOPS was developed jointly by the University of Bern and the European Space Agency ESA. At an event at RUAG in Zurich on 27 August 2018, representatives of the institutions involved in its construction visited the satellite. Among the speakers and guests were Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann, Jan Wörner, Director General of […]
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Jupiter had growth disorders
Researchers of the Universities of Bern and Zürich and of ETH Zürich show how Jupiter was formed. Data collected from meteorites had indicated that the growth of the giant planet had been delayed for two million years. Now the researchers have found an explanation: Collisions with kilometer-sized blocks generated high energy, which meant that in […]
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