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  1. Long Night of Astronomy – in Berlin and Germany-wide

    Image Credit: LNDA-Website On Saturday, 19th October, the Long Night Of Astronomy takes place all over Germany. Astronomical and Astrophysical institutions open their doors for…

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  2. Jan-Vincent Harre successfully defends his thesis

    Join us in congratulating SPP 1992 PhD student Jan-Vincent Harre, who successfully defended his thesis ‘Origins & Orbital Evolution of Hot and Warm Jupiters’ last…

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  3. Exoplanets at a teacher training in Dillingen

    From 18th to 20th September, the Lüscher Lectures took place in Dillingen on the Danube at the Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung (Academy for teacher…

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  4. Teacher training course at the DLR was a great success

    Many thanks to our member Ruth Titz-Weider for her contribution to this great event!

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  5. Long Night of Science in Berlin, 22nd June

    Saturday the 22nd June, countless research institutes all over Berlin will open their doors to the public.

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  6. Exoplanets at the ILA 2024

    At the Aeronautics Exhibition in Berlin, members of the SPP 1992 brought exoplanet research to a big audience.

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  7. The SPP 1992 Spring School 2024 was a great success

    Many thanks to all participants, tutors and organisers of the 5-day workshop in Kiel!

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  8. Stage play & podium discussion “Exoplanet”

    Planets, astronomy, science & its public perception – these are all subjects in a new Berlin new stage play „Exoplanets“. The play accompanies four characters…

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  9. Teacher training at DLR on the topic of exoplanets

    For all interested teachers, especially from the STEM subjects, we are offering an afternoon (3 – 6 pm) on 25 June 2024 on the topic of exoplanets and missions.

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  10. There are still a few places available at the Spring School in Kiel from 29 April to 3 May.

    The SPP 1992 invites you to the last school in its funding period!

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  11. The marvellous world of exoplanets

    Our SPP 1992 member Dr Ruth Titz-Weider will give a talk on Monday, 11.03.2024, at 19:00.

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  12. The composition of Mercury and how it relates to exoplanets – DLR Seminar by Olivier Namur

    As part of the SPP 1992 visitor program, Prof. Olivier Namur from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium, visited the DLR in Berlin from 13th to…

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  13. 26th International Microlensing Conference held at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA

    Our SPP 1992 scientist Yiannis Tsapras attended this conference.

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  14. SPP 1992 Spring School 2024

    The SPP 1992 invites you to the last school in its funding period!

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  15. The European Astrobiology Institute will once again be offering workshops and summer schools this year

    The EAI contributes significantly to the networking of those interested in this field with various events relating to education in the field of astrobiology.

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  16. SPP 1992 Final Colloquium 2024

    The meeting will take place from 20 to 22 March in the Harnack-Haus.

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  17. Our SPP 1992 member Ludwig Scheibe held a lecture at “Urknall, Weltall und das Leben”

    Topic of the talk: “New worlds around distant stars – the search for the 2nd Earth”

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  18. The premiere of our exoplanet show in Hamburg was a great success

    On 15 December 2023, the SPP 1992 celebrated the finalisation of the exoplanet show by the Planetarium in Hamburg.

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  19. New Worlds – Distant Planets: A Planetarium Show in Hamburg

    The day is finally here: The SPP 1992, led by coordinator Heike Rauer, has been working diligently for months with the Hamburg and Berlin planetariums…

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  20. Exoplanets in Suhl

    Can extreme exoplanets also be habitable?

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  21. Exoplanets in Sonneberg

    Among the snow-covered landscape and between fog-shrouded mountain tops around Sonneberg, on 30th November SPP 1992 outreach coordinator Ludwig Scheibe held outreach talks, introducing the…

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  22. Resonances in the planetary system HD 110067

    Six planets in resonance in Berenice’s hair

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  23. 22nd South Thuringian Astronomical Day(s) 2023

    When: 01.12.2023 16:00 to 02.12.2023 18:00
    Where: Schul- und Volkssternwarte Suhl

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  24. Exoplanet Talk at the Community Center “Wolke 14” in Sonneberg

    SPP 1992 outreach coordinator Ludwig Scheibe will hold a talk on the search for exoplanets at the Sonneberg community center “Wolke 14”.

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  25. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 2023

    A nationwide teacher training course took place at the Haus der Astronomie from 9 to 11 November 2023

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  26. Doctoral Defense of Philipp Baumeister

    On Thursday 09th November, Philipp Baumeister, who was employed by the SPP 1992 in the first funding period, defended his PhD thesis at the TU…

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  27. Discovery of 40 jumbo planets in the Orion Nebula

    A surprising find of free-floating pairs of planets has been made with images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. These planets are as massive as Jupiter.

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