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Solar eclipse and «Tag der Astronomie»
On Friday, March 20th people all over Europe will have a chance to follow a partial solar eclipse. The following day, Saturday, March 21st we celebrate the «Tag der Astronomie». Both events present a great occasion for astronomy clubs to reach out to the general public and to inform about astronomy and space research and […]
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Exoplanets at Museum of Geneva
The Natural History Museum of Geneva celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first exoplanet discovery. 20 years ago, two astronomers from the Geneva Observatory discovered the first planet around a Sun-like star. The Museum of Natural Sciences in Geneva, the university and the NCCR PlanetS decided to commemorate the event by organizing the largest […]
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The Geneva bus in Bern
Prof. Michel Mayor will hold a lecture at the University of Bern on Monday, April 20th 2015, 7.00 pm 200 years ago, Geneva, which just had found again its independence after a period of French domination, was aware of the need to ally with a larger state. At that time, the period of the city-states […]
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Preparing for the first site visit
On May 19th and 20th 2015 the review panel of the NCCR PlanetS will carry out its first site visit at the University of Bern – a crucial meeting. «This event is extremely important for us because it is the first impression we will give to the panel members,» says Yann Alibert, science officer of […]
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