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3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone +41 31 684 48 96
Email issi@issibern.ch

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Press releases

14. April 2025

ISSI Research Reveals Global Warming Behind Surge in Extreme Marine Heatwaves

A groundbreaking new study led by Marta Marcos, Discipline Scientist at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), has revealed that the number of extreme marine heatwave days has nearly tripled since the 1940s—a dramatic shift driven largely by human-induced climate change.

7. April 2025

Saturn’s moon Titan could harbour life, but only a small amount, study finds

Scientists supported by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern have found that while Titan’s subsurface ocean could theoretically support microbial life through glycine fermentation, the availability and transport of organic material likely limit any potential biosphere to only a few kilograms of biomass.

23. October 2024

First young brown dwarf candidates found outside the Milky Way

An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first rich population of brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602.

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credits ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel