06 Mar 2024
The 2024 MERAC Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Observational Astrophysics is awarded to Dr Julia V. Seidel (European…
05 Mar 2024
The 2024 Tycho Brahe Medal is awarded to Prof. Francesco Pepe (University of Geneva, Switzerland) by the European Astronomical Society…
01 Mar 2024
Thanks to simulations with a software system developed at the University of Bern by NCCR PlanetS members, an international team…
09 Feb 2024
Why are so few exoplanets about twice the size of Earth detected? On the basis of computer simulations, a team…
24 Jan 2024
Since April 2023, "Space Talk, the programme that brings outer space to Earth" videos have been released monthly. Guido Schwarz…
24 Jan 2024
The year 2023 has been rich in events for the NCCR PlanetS. It was mainly the occasion to meet with…
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Brandenburg Lisa, Ms.
PhD Student
"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur…
Grone Jonathan, Mr.
PhD Student
"When people think about other worlds, they think about other life." - Didier Queloz (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2019)
Indi Ignatius De Loyola, Mr.
PhD Student
Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. -…
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The discovery in 1995 of the first giant planet outside our solar system by Swiss astronomers spawned a unique revolution…
Collaborators of the month
Brandenburg Lisa, Ms.
PhD Student
"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur…
Grone Jonathan, Mr.
PhD Student
"When people think about other worlds, they think about other life." - Didier Queloz (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2019)
Indi Ignatius De Loyola, Mr.
PhD Student
Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. -…