Center for Space and Habitability (CSH)

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News & Announcements

The latest news from CSH about our center, our researchers, and our achievements.

Learn more about our researchers through CSH and UniAktuell portraits and interviews.

The latest press releases, research news and publications from CSH members.

Read more about events the CSH organized or participated in and get a glimpse of the highlights with our image galleries.

Latest News

Portraits & Interviews

Swiss-assisted asteroid defense mission arrives at Dimorphos

Four years after a NASA probe struck the asteroid moon Dimorphos in the first planetary defense crash test, Europe’s Hera space probe is in place to measure the impact. PD Dr. Martin Jutzi is interviwed by Keystone-SDA.

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Announcements

Valentin Bickel appointed Guest Investigator for ExoMars TGO

Ten years after the arrival of the Trace Gas Orbiter at Mars, ESA selected new guest investigators to boost the mission’s scientific output. CSH Scientist Dr. Valentin Bickel continues his study of Mars’ dust devils through this appointment.

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Ready to discover new worlds? Planet Hunters CHEOPS is live!

ESA launched Planet Hunters CHEOPS, a new citizen science project that invites the public to help search for exoplanets using data from the CHEOPS space telescope, which was developed at, and is managed by, the University of Bern.

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