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Change of personnel in the communication and outreach team
In the spring of this year, Barbara Vonarburg retired. Barbara was part of the communication and outreach team of the NCCR PlanetS from the beginning. As a highly skilled science journalist with experience in both print media and Swiss television, she brought important skills to our team. During her time at PlanetS, Barbara has written […]
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Professor wanted!
The Space Research and Planetology Division within the Physics Institute of the University of Bern has an opening, as per 1 January 2022, for a full or associate professor (100%) in the field of Theoretical Planetology.
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First 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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The planetary scientist has one great wish
Christoph Mordasini deals with the formation and evolution of planets inside and outside our solar system. In an interview he explains why the University of Bern has been at the forefront of space research since an experiment on the moon. And he reveals the question to which he would very much like to have an […]
Continue Reading3 PhD positions – TAPS UniBe
We are seeking qualified candidates to fill three 4-year PhD positions in exoplanet science in the research group of Yann Alibert and Willy Benz (University of Bern). The PhD positions are part of the TAPS (Theoretical Astrophysics and Planetary Science) group of the University of Bern and frequent interactions are foreseen with the Center for […]
Continue ReadingLaborelektroniker/-in 80%
Als universitäres Forschungsinstitut sind wir an vorderster Front in der Weltraumforschung tätig. Die Kosmochemie-Gruppe (eine Zusammenarbeit der Abteilung Weltraumforschung und Planetologie und dem Institut für Geologie) ist hauptsächlich mit der Untersuchung von Meteoriten tätig, mit dem Fokus, die Prozesse zur Bildung des Sonnensystems besser verstehen zu können. Die Hauptexpertise der Gruppe liegt in der Messung […]
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Course of Project Management (PM) for PlanetS
The PM course successfully took place in Avril/May 2020. Initially proposed to PlanetS collaborators as a mixed online-onsite course but, due to the extraordinary Covid-19 situation, it was re-shapes to a 100% online. The main objective of the course was to give the basic PM methods to participants that can be applied in their current […]
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Planetary research in weightlessness
In a laboratory of a special kind, researchers from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS were able to conduct experiments on planet formation on board the fourth Swiss parabolic flight campaign. It is a cool, cloudy morning at the military airfield in Dübendorf. The fourth Swiss parabolic flight campaign is about to launch […]
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ELT METIS Instrument Passes Design Milestone
METIS, the powerful imager and spectrograph for the European Southern Observatory’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), has passed its Preliminary Design Review. METIS, short for Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, will make full use of the giant main mirror of the telescope to study a wide range of science topics, from objects in our Solar System […]
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Editorial
As measures are taken to slowly return to normal life, the amount of damage caused by the Covid-19 on people’s life and economy is starting to show. Help is needed everywhere and is being provided as best as possible by the authorities, but anxiety remains as to how tomorrow will be. This uncertainty about […]
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