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Hints of a possible atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet
Researchers using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected an atmosphere surrounding 55 Cancri e, a rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for a rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system. Brice-Olivier Demory, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Bern and member of the the National […]
Continue ReadingSIPS logo call for ideas
Thank you for your interest in proposing an idea for the SIPS logo. Here are a few guidelines on what the logo design must feature or not, and a few “rules” for this call. Logo guidelines The logo must feature the SIPS acronym. You must submit two drawings of the logo, with a version […]
Continue ReadingJuice mission movie screening – Bern get-together.
The Europlanet Society is organising a screening of Maarten Roos-Serote’s Film on the Juice Mission, on Wednesday 20th of March 2024, at 6PM CET. The screening will be followed by a Q&A Session with some members of the Juice team who participated in the mission including Juice’s Project scientist Olivier Witasse. If enough members of […]
Continue ReadingFour classes of planetary systems
Astronomers have long been aware that planetary systems are not necessarily structured like our solar system. Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as well as from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, have now shown for the first time that there are in fact four types of planetary systems. In our […]
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Continue ReadingLong-term liquid water also on non-Earth-like planets?
Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern, the University of Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS report in a new study, liquid water could also exist for billions of years on planets that are very different from […]
Continue ReadingNotice to future entrepreneurs
There are still a few places available for a workshop for potential future entrepreneurs which will take place in November in virtual form.
Continue ReadingMSc project – Laboratory simulations of the influence of interior composition on exoplanetary atmospheres
Original Content – https://sirop.org/app/7496d233-5832-4519-9367-1617972b92c7 Observations of exoplanet atmospheres provide information as to their composition. In order to link these signatures to their interiors, this project employs high temperature/high pressure experiments to determine the likely compositions of their mantles and atmospheres formed from their evaporation Keywords: Exoplanet, interior, evaporation, atmosphere, experiment, high temperature, high pressure, mantle, […]
Continue ReadingFirst exposed planetary core discovered
Researchers led by the University of Warwick have discovered the first exposed core of an exoplanet, which provides an unprecedented glimpse inside the interior of a planet. Christoph Mordasini from the University of Bern is leading the theoretical interpretation of this discovery.
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