2026 Events Archive

Monday, 04 May 2026, 17–19h

Explore the Universe, Transform the Medicine

Space exploration offers a unique opportunity to understand and improve human health. Astronaut Claudie Haigneré and her physician Anne Pavy-Le-Traon, pioneers in space medicine, along with several researchers and experts, will share their experiences and discoveries with you, demonstrating how space missions influence our understanding of the human body and open up new horizons for medicine.

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UniBE Media Invitation (DE)

UniBE Media Invitation (FR)

Thursday, 23 April 2026, 19-21h – AGBE Partner Event

Development of Optical Telescopes in the last 70 Years

Astronomical instrumentation has undergone tremendous development over the past 70 years, thanks to which we now have a much better understanding of the universe. This lecture by Prof. em. Dr. Hans Martin Schmid, ETHZ, provides an overview of how optical telescopes have evolved since 1955—specifically, since the construction of the 5-meter telescope on Mount Palomar. This event is organized by the Astronomical Society Bern (AGBE).

Astronomy on Tap – Big Stars in Stellar Cities

Explore how giant stars live fast and leave their mark in the Universe's busiest neighborhoods. Big stars rarely live alone. Many of them are born, evolve, and die in dense stellar environments – these "stellar cities" are some of the most fascinating places in the Universe. We're excited to welcome two outstanding experts who will guide us through this cosmic metropolis: Corinne Charbonnel (University of Geneva/CNRS France) and Mark Gieles (University of Barcelona).

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Thursday, 16 April 2026

Ferienpass Fäger: Experience Space Research first hand! - In German

Space researchers at the University of Bern show you, how they develop, build and test high-tech instruments, which fly to space with rockets and probes. You can even try it yourself - Poly-mechanics apprentices teach you how to build a small, technical surprise! Registration opens in January 2026.

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Thursday/Friday, 19/20 March 2026, 19:30h

Interfinity Festival 2026: Exoplanets – with the Basel Symphony Orchestra

The Interfinity Festival 2026 is dedicated to exoplanets and the cosmos – in close collaboration with the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS, which the University of Bern leads. This is the Swiss premiere of Exoplanets, a new work by Robert Laidlow, performed by the Sinfonieorchester Basel in the vast, empty Messehalle 1. Established by the Swiss National Science Foundation in June 2014, the NCCR PlanetS brings together researchers from the Universities of Berne (Leading House), Geneva (co-Leading House), and Zürich as well as of the ETH Zürich.

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Tuesday-Thursday, 17-19 March, 2026

Master's Open Days

The University of Bern's Master's Open Days take place this March both on site and online. Interested to learn more about our new Master's Program? Then join us on March 17 (15.45-16.45h) or March 18 (11.15-12.15h) on site, or on March 19 (13.00-13.45h) online. You can register for the open days and see the program via the link below.

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Friday, 30 January 2026, 16:45h (CET)

6th Massive Exoplanet MEME Exhibition

MEME is an online exhibition starting with a virtual event on January 30 and running until February 4. The annual event features talks and showcases self-made memes related to exoplanets, astrophysics, coding and more, submitted by the public in advance. The event welcomes anyone with an interest in astrophysics and aims to approach the topic with a sense of humor. Dr. Helena Lecoq Molinos and PhD student Esther Wang from the University of Bern's Space Research and Planetary Science Division (WP) will participate in this year's MEME Exhibition event.

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Tuesday-Thursday, 20-22 January 2026

Swiss Innovation for Astrophysics and Planetary Science

This national conference takes place for the first time this January, hosted by the Technology and Innovation Platform of NCCR PlanetS. The event will spotlight the development of technology and software for ground- and space-based telescopes, scientific instruments, and planetary exploration.

Astronomy on Tap – Resolving Conflicts in Space

Space is getting crowded fast: more satellites, more actors, more dependence on orbital infrastructure. That makes coordination harder and raises new risks, from accidental collisions to political and legal disputes. So what does "conflict" in space actually look like, and what tools do we have to prevent and manage it? We're excited to welcome three experts bringing science, operations, and law together: Susanne Wampfler (CSH), Ludovic Monnerat (Swiss Armed Forces) and Merve Erdem Burger (Swiss Space Law Forum).