A team of researchers led by the University of Bern has for the first time identified an unexpected richness of complex organic molecules at a comet. This was achieved thanks […]
University of Bern
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 inMissions & Hardware, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
ORIGIN Mass Spectrometer
The question of whether life exists beyond the Earth is one of humanity’s most fundamental questions. Future NASA missions, for example, aim to examine the ice moons of Jupiter and […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Comets and Asteroids, Press Release
Puzzle About Nitrogen Solved Thanks to Cometary Analogues
Comets and asteroids are objects in our solar system that have not developed much since the planets were formed. As a result, they are in a sense the archives of […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones
Low Mass Stars Likely Have Earth-sized Planets With Lots of Water
Computer simulations by astrophysicists at the University of Bern of the formation of planets orbiting in the habitable zone of low mass stars such as Proxima Centauri show that these […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release
Exoplanet Atmospheric Chemistry on Paper
Normally computers speed up calculations. But with his new pen-and-paper formula Kevin Heng of the University of Bern gets his results thousands of times faster than using conventional computer codes. […]