CHEOPS Team members and their favourite drawing

Bern in Space

Bern in Space Berne celebrates 50 years of moon landing – When Buzz Aldrin was the second man to leave the lunar module on 21 July 1969, first he unfurled the solar wind sail of the University of Berne and put it into the bottom of the moon before the American flag. This experiment was […]

Fantasy Basel: We were there

PlanetS was at the Fantasy Basel! And talked about many things with you!

HD 114762

HD 114762 is an extrasolar system located 126 ligh-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is made of two stars and a substellar companion discovered 30 years ago this month. In this animation are represented the primary star (at the center) and the substellar companion (in orbit). The secondary star, much farther away, […]