Archive | Event Highlights 2024 – 2021

2024/12/11

Unveiling the Birth of Planets

On December 11, 2024, Dr. Yuhito Shibaike and Prof. Audrey Vorbuger gave a public talk attended by 150 people about Japanese-Bernese collaboration in space research.

2024/11/01

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"Les Étoiles du Petit Prince": Astronomy Outreach Project in Morocco

From November 7 to 17, 2024, a team of researchers and science communicators from the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern, the Semlalia Faculty of Science, and the Oukaimeden Observatory at Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh will be traveling around Morocco in two small aircraft. As part of the outreach project "Les Étoiles du Petit Prince," they will visit primary and secondary schools in remote areas of Morocco to teach astronomy. Among other things, they will bring telescopes and an inflatable planetarium with them.

2024/03/13

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First Swiss Conference on Planetary Habitability and the Origin of Life

On Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19 and 20, 2024, the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern will host the first SHOL (Swiss Habitability and Origin of Life Days) conference on planetary habitability and the origin of life. The aim of the event is to promote exchange and better networking among researchers in Switzerland who are working on these issues in various disciplines.

2023/12/14

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CSH at Physics Olympiad Camp

In November, the Physics Olympiad camp received a visit from the National Center of Competence in Research PlanetS and the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern. Now you can read what the participants experienced and learn some fascinating facts about planets yourself. In part one, Thibaut Roger explains how astrophysicists use instruments to observe space.

2023/04/14

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The Journey to Jupiter begins

It worked: On Friday, April 14, 2023, at 2:14 p.m., the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Juice space probe lifted off from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Now begins the more than eight-year journey to the Jupiter system, where the space mission, using technology from the University of Bern, will search for signs of life on three icy moons, among other things. There was great relief at the successful launch at the public viewing event at the University of Bern.

2023/03/03

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"Innovation means creating something from nothing"

Thomas Zurbuchen's latest visit to the University of Bern was all about innovation. On February 28 , the former NASA Head of Science and UniBE alumnus spoke about how innovative thinking and entrepreneurial action can be promoted and why one must never stand still.

2022/12/13

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The History of the Exoplanet Revolution

His discovery changed our view of the universe: in 1995, Didier Queloz and his doctoral supervisor Michel Mayor discovered the first planet outside our solar system orbiting a sun-like star. At the first of this year's Einstein Lectures, the Nobel Prize winner talked about what had previously been discovered about our solar system.

2021/11/15

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Looking into Space and Medical Robotics

At this year's Future Day, girls and boys at the University of Bern had the opportunity to take a look into space, solder an instrument themselves, or operate a medical robot, among other things. For the first time, there was also a scavenger hunt through Länggasse and the old town to help them choose a career or course of study.