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How taxpayers benefit
Click on “next” to see the first/next question. Click on the images to find out what she/he answers. The interviews were first published in the magazine “Schweizer Familie”, No. 41/2016.
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Planetarium show about exoplanets
From the beginning of December the topic of exoplanets will inspire the audience of the planetarium of the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. The new show titled “Out There” was written by the curator Marc Horat and was developed in close collaboration with the NCCR PlanetS. Recently, Marc Horat visited the University of Bern […]
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Kepler-60
Kepler-60 is a system about 2200 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. It is made of a star a bit larger than the Sun (1.1 solar masses and 1.5 solar radii) and at least three planets. This system is peculiar since the three planets seems to be close to a Laplace-like resonance. Indeed, when the central planet (Kepler-60 c) revolves 4 times around the […]
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Test of the CHEOPS CCD
This interactive page describes the different elements of the optical bench to test and calibrate the entire optics of the CHEOPS space telescope including the CCD detector. The photo was taken in the clean room of the Physics Institute of the University of Bern and the diagram shows the optical path of the installation. To […]
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The communication platform has received several requests for NCCR business cards. Therefore, we have prepared an order form with the templates below. Your order will be sent to the printer, as soon as we have received enough orders (therefore might take longer to produce). Please inform us, if your order is urgent. Any expenses related […]
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ESPRESSO
ESPRESSO, the new very high-resolution spectrometer built under the direction of the Astronomy Department of the University of Geneva, is in its integration phase in the new observatory building clean room, inaugurated on 27th June. Take a virtual visit.
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Listening to Venus
Space missions exploring Venus unveiled a Venusian world of active volcanoes, shining mountains, and river valleys carved by torrents of flowing lava, depicted David Grinspoon. In his lively talk, which he even brightened up with songs and electric guitar, the astrobiologist narrated that much earlier in time, Venus may have had a wet, temperate climate, […]
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47UMa
47UMa, G1V, mv=5.03 47 Ursae Majoris (in short 47 UMa) is a 6-billion-year-old system 46 light-years away. The star, also named Chalawan, is similar to the Sun and can be seen with the naked eye between the Big Dipper / Plough and Leo Minor. The masses and distances to the star of the two innermost […]
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PlanetS Member Quiz
Who said what Here are three of our featured collaborators of the month. Find out who is who and who said what. Fill out the form below with your solution and send it to us. The first three correct entries will win a little prize that will be presented at the site visit at the […]
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How a cosmochemist works
Maïa Kuga studies noble gases trapped in meteorites in order to better understand planet formation. Have a look at the laboratory at the ETH Zurich to find out how the PlanetS postdoc works.
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