Exoplanets

June 19 event: The next 30 years from the discovery of the first exoplanet

In 1995, ISSI was founded, and guess what? It was also the year 51 Pegasi b was discovered, making it the first exoplanet found orbiting a star just like our Sun.

Mark your calendars for June 19, 2025, because ISSI is bringing together some incredible speakers. We will have Michel Mayor, Doug Lin, and Carole Mundell sharing their expertise, along with Didier Queloz, Sara Seager, Jonathan Lunine, and Laura Kreidberg. And to top it all off, we have got Thomas Zurbuchen as the moderator and Willy Benz as our Master of Ceremonies. This is going to be an event you won’t want to miss!

So, come on down to the University of Bern (or watch the live stream) and join us for our event of the year!

Expanding Non-Planetary Science with Uranus and Neptune Missions

ISSI International Team 551 convened twice in Bern to explore an innovative frontier in space exploration: the non-planetary science potential of future missions to Uranus and Neptune. These ice giants, the least explored planets in the Solar System, offer an unparalleled opportunity to push the boundaries of planetary science—and, as the team demonstrates, the broader field of astrophysics.

Origins of Stars, Planets, and Life (?): Highlights from Early Science with the JWST

Over 20 years ago, the instrument teams for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) outlined comprehensive science programs to answer to key questions concerning the origins of stars and planets, with implications as well for the origin of life.

Geophysics of Exoplanets: How Studies of Earth can Inform the Search for Life in the Universe

Online Seminar with Tilman Spohn (DLR, Berlin, Germany)

ISSI’s Game Changers online seminar series was launched during the first Covid-19-related lockdown in summer 2020 to help keep the community together. Up until this 100^th webinar, the series has covered a wide range of topics, from climate change on Earth to life in the universe and the Big Bang.

Job Posting: Discipline Scientists (Exoplanet Sciences, Planetary Science and Climate Science)

The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland, invites applications for a Discipline Scientist in the areas of

1) Exoplanet Sciences

2) Planetary Science and

3) Climate Science

Billions of Planets in the Milky Way: The Quest for Earth-Twins and Maybe Life

“Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”

Albertus Magnus (circa 1200–1280)

Are there other worlds in the universe? Does life exist elsewhere in the cosmos? The technology of our time has made it possible to transform this dream of antiquity into a fascinating field of current astrophysics.