A team from the University of Bern and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a machine learning model that predicts potential planetary systems with Earth-like […]
NCCR PlanetS
Posted inAstrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Press Release
Not All Hot Jupiters Orbit Solo
Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any other […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Planets Contain More Water Than Previously Thought
Most of a planet’s water is generally not found on the surface, but is hidden deep inside. This affects the potential habitability of distant worlds, as model calculations by researchers […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, TRAPPIST-1
Six Planets Orbit HD110067 System In A Harmonic Rhythm
An international collaboration between astronomers using the CHEOPS and TESS space satellites, including NCCR PlanetS members from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva, have found a key […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Brown Dwarfs, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
An Ammonia Trail To Exoplanets
They reveal the origin of wine, the age of bones and fossils, and they serve as diagnostic tools in medicine. Isotopes and isotopologues – molecules that differ only in the […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release
James Webb Space Telescope Identifies Origins Of Icy Building Blocks Of Life
Interstellar molecular clouds are considered to be the birth sites of planetary systems.
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Press Release
Two New Rocky Worlds Around An Ultra-cool Star TOI-4306
An international research team, with the participation of the University of Bern and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS, discovered two “super-Earth” exoplanets. One is located at […]
Posted inHabitable Zones
Is There Also Long-term Liquid Water 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 […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology
Scientists Detect Signatures Of Life Remotely
It could be a milestone on the path to detecting life on other planets: Scientists under the leadership of the University of Bern and of the National Centre of Competence […]
Posted inHabitable Zones
How The Habitability Of Exoplanets Is Influenced By Their Rocks
The weathering of silicate rocks plays an important role to keep the climate on Earth clement. Scientists led by the University of Bern and the Swiss national center of competence […]