International Space Science Institute (ISSI)
The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland, is an institute of advanced studies where scientists from all over the world meet to discuss the most-pressing science topics.
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- Welcome to the ISSI Crew, Dr. Raphael Marschall @spacemarschall.net! He joins ISSI as our new Science Program Manager, bringing expertise in small solar system bodies. 🔭 🪐 🌹 🧠 🌊 Read about Raphael here: www.issibern.ch/welcoming-dr... We're thrilled to have you on board, Raphael. 💫 #ScienceJourney
- Job Opening at ISSI Bern! We're hiring a ✨ Head of Administration and Finances ✨ to help steer the ship behind the scenes at ISSI. 📅 Start date: July 1, 2025 📍 Location: Bern, Switzerland Motivated & experienced? 🚀 – We want to hear from you! 🔗 Details: www.issibern.ch/job-posting-... #BernJobs
- ✨Fantastic team work! 👏
- Proudly published today: “Wave analysis tools” in @methodsprimers.bsky.social. Learn how to choose the right methods for reliable, reproducible wave analyses across disciplines. Plus, meet WaLSA.tools, our open-source repository. Dedicated to Bernhard Fleck’s inspiring contributions 🌟
- The number of extreme marine heatwave days has nearly tripled since the 1940s study by ISSI Discipline Scientist Marta Marcos shows. 🌡️ That’s a dramatic shift driven largely by human-induced climate change. PRESS RELEASE: www.issibern.ch/global-warmi... 🔭
- 🗞️ Saturn’s moon Titan could harbour life, but only a small amount, study from ISSI International Team 539 finds. See press release: www.issibern.ch/saturns-moon... 🔭 @harvard.edu
- Did you miss the webinar on "Physics of Dust in the Inner Heliosphere" with Ingrid Mann? Here you can watch the recording (incl Q&A): youtu.be/WlvFmdiBZrc?...
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Our work on the need for researching climate change in the middle atmosphere and lack of capabilities to monitor it is the Editor's pick this week @eos.org. Thanks for the support, and the recognition to our @issibern.ch Team, and to @ageinves.bsky.social for funding. eos.org/editor-highl...
- Physics of Dust in the Inner Heliosphere 🔭 Join today the live webinar with Ingrid Mann (UiT Arctic University of Norway) We start at 17:00 CET | 12:00 EDT Details www.issibern.ch/game-changer...
- Ready for some science? 🔭 The public lecture will also be live streamed online: www.issibern.ch/public-lectu... Tuesday, March 25, 2025 18:30 CET 📽️
- ✨ Afternoon tea at ISSI ✨ 🫖
- Perfect tea choice for an afternoon break at @issibern.ch in Bern, Switzerland!
- 🧑🏫 „The Surprising Expansion History of the Universe“ – Public Lecture by Nobel Laureate Adam Riess Tuesday, March 25, 18:30 CET www.issibern.ch/public-lectu... 🌌🔭
- 🧑🏫 „The Surprising Expansion History of the Universe“ – Public Lecture by Nobel Laureate Adam Riess Tuesday, March 25, 18:30 CET www.issibern.ch/public-lectu... 🌌🔭
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Having lots of science fun at @issibern.ch, discussing magnetosheath structures such as Jets, Mirror Modes and Magnetic Holes.
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)A new paper co-authored by Matthew Brown from our @issibern.ch Team and our paper published in @aguadvances.bsky.social are featured here by @theverge.com, with some comments from another member of our team, Petr Šácha.
- ✨30 years ago, a vision became reality.✨ Johannes Geiss dreamed of a place where science thrived beyond borders. That dream became ISSI, founded Jan 31, 1995. From Apollo 11’s Swiss Solar Sail to shaping space science, his legacy endures. #ISSI30 #SpaceScience 🔭 🔗 www.issibern.ch/starting-wit...
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Just published in @aguadvances.bsky.social, the @issibern.ch Team that I lead discusses the impacts of #climatechange in the upper atmosphere: space debris, atmospheric contraction, etc. And how we are losing capabilities to monitor it. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Did you miss the webinar on "How Waves and Turbulence Heat the Solar Corona and Accelerate the Solar Wind" with Ben Chandran? The recording (incl. Q&A) is now available 🔭. Watch it here: youtu.be/2k_I0puNTIg
- 🔭 New research from ISSI International Team 545 exploring multiphase plasmas and the role this phenomenon plays across the universe! 🌌 Find out more: www.issibern.ch/multiphase-p... #SpaceScience #PlasmaPhysics #SpacePlasma #SolarPhysics #Astrophysics
- Join today the live webinar with Benjamin Chandran on "How Waves and Turbulence Heat the Solar Corona and Accelerate the Solar Wind" ☀️ 🔭 We start at 17h CET, 11h EST ➡️ Direct Zoomlink: bit.ly/3qYcXRm ID: 852 6990 9362 PW: 459004
- Our next Game Changers Webinar is happening this Thursday! Benjamin Chandran will explore what the Parker Solar Probe observations can tell us about how waves and turbulence shape the solar corona and solar wind. Tune in on Feb. 27 at 17h CET|11h EST, via Zoom: www.issibern.ch/game-changer... 🔭
- Our next Game Changers Webinar is happening this Thursday! Benjamin Chandran will explore what the Parker Solar Probe observations can tell us about how waves and turbulence shape the solar corona and solar wind. Tune in on Feb. 27 at 17h CET|11h EST, via Zoom: www.issibern.ch/game-changer... 🔭
- Reminder for the open call for proposals for International Teams in Space 🔭 and Earth Sciences 🌍 Submit your Team Proposals until: March 13, 2025
- Open Call for Proposals for International Teams in the Space & Earth Sciences is released www.issibern.ch/call-for-pro...
- Are you working on a research project which would benefit from collaborating with an ISSI staff member, with other ISSI visitors, or with researchers nearby #Switzerland?
- ✨ Ever wondered what lies between stars and planets? 🪐 Join Prof. Michael Meyer as he dives into the fascinating world of brown dwarfs, exoplanets, and the hunt for habitable worlds! 🔭 Watch now on ISSIcast: youtu.be/jf34NRHJzIU#Astrophysics #Exoplanets #ISSIcast
- 🌞 The solar wind powers space weather & shapes planetary environments—but how does it evolve? 🚀 New research using Parker Solar Probe & Solar Orbiter reveals how turbulence, plasma waves & expansion drive its energy! 🛰️ Learn more: www.issibern.ch/solar-wind-t... #SolarWind #SpaceScience
- Great Opportunity for European science and engineering students and graduates: Applications are now open for the Alpbach Summer School (8–17 July 2025)! 🔭 The topic is Small bodies in the Solar System @esascience.esa.int Details and Applications: www.summerschoolalpbach.at/index.php?fi...
- What makes (radio) waves? 🔭 Tune into this 4-part French-language podcast on radio astronomy with ISSI Science Program Manager Mark Sargent ➡️ skach.org/radio-cosmos/ #RadioCosmos
- Did you miss the webinar "Star clusters near and far" with Angela Adamo? Here you find the recorded webinar incl Q&A youtu.be/w73ZGqJLxWE
- Save the date for the webinar "Star Clusters Near and Far 🔭" Angela Adamo will present highlights of the revolution brought by #JWST in studies of the star formation process at parsec scales across cosmic times. 🗓️Thu, 30th Jan 2025 (17h CET | 11h EST) Details: www.issibern.ch/results/game...
- Join today the webinar with Angela Adamo presenting highlights of the revolution brought by #JWST in studies of the star formation process at parsec scales across cosmic times 🔭 Host is @antonellanota.bsky.social We start at 17h CET, 11h EST ➡️Zoominar: bit.ly/3qYcXRm ID: 852 6990 9362 PW: 459004
- Save the date for the webinar "Star Clusters Near and Far 🔭" Angela Adamo will present highlights of the revolution brought by #JWST in studies of the star formation process at parsec scales across cosmic times. 🗓️Thu, 30th Jan 2025 (17h CET | 11h EST) Details: www.issibern.ch/results/game...
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)This was a labour of love, but our new @issibern.ch book Venus: Evolution Through Time is finally published! A huge effort involving lots of awesome people (including @lynncarter.bsky.social, @geojgo.bsky.social, @marcqplanets.bsky.social)! (And yes I made the cover image)
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Looking forward to my ISSI 2025 visit to have the opportunity to discuss with Earth scientists the role that 'integrated' Earth system remote sensing can play in advancing new indicators for monitoring planetary health!
- Let us introduce the 2025 Johannes Geiss Fellow: 🌟 Dr. Benjamin Poulter @benpoulter.bsky.social Read about Benjamin and his project at: www.issibern.ch/johannes-gei... 🔭
- Save the date for the webinar "Star Clusters Near and Far 🔭" Angela Adamo will present highlights of the revolution brought by #JWST in studies of the star formation process at parsec scales across cosmic times. 🗓️Thu, 30th Jan 2025 (17h CET | 11h EST) Details: www.issibern.ch/results/game...
- Let us introduce the 2025 Johannes Geiss Fellow: 🌟 Dr. Benjamin Poulter @benpoulter.bsky.social Read about Benjamin and his project at: www.issibern.ch/johannes-gei... 🔭
- Open position: Science Programme Manager ‼️ Submission deadline: Jan. 30, 2025 ‼️ Be at the centre of the vibrant ISSI space science community with 1000+ visitors a year, from #Astronomy, #Astrophysics, #PlanetarySciences, #Heliophysics & #EarthSciences.🔭 Apply here: www.issibern.ch/science-prog...
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Having a great week at @issibern.ch with these amazing scientists discussing The Impact of Solar Flare Irradiance on the Earth's Ionosphere
- Check out our short 3-MINUTE GUIDE TO PREPARING AN ISSI INTERNATIONAL TEAM PROPOSAL 🔭 ➡️ www.issibern.ch/docs/3-minut... Additionally, two virtual help desk sessions with Q&A for proposal preparation will be offered on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Registration: www.issibern.ch/call-for-pro...
- Open Call for Proposals for International Teams in the Space & Earth Sciences is released www.issibern.ch/call-for-pro...
- How do foreshock ULF Waves reach the Earth’s magnetosphere? Read about the ISSI Team 448’s new findings: www.issibern.ch/how-foreshoc... 🔭 @minnapalmroth.bsky.social
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Another paper from our @issibern.ch team on #comet ☄️ activity is out, this one led by Olivier Groussin from Marseille, and focusing on 67P's thermal environment 🔥❄️. Summary on our group webpage here scitechss.iaa.es/how-hot-is-6... #PlanetaryScience
- Open Call for Proposals for International Teams in the Space & Earth Sciences is released www.issibern.ch/call-for-pro...
- You are all invited! 🤗 June 19, 2025 17:00 CET University of Bern Save the date! 🗓️ @saraseager.bsky.social @drthomasz.bsky.social www.issibern.ch/outreach/spe...
- Our first visitors are back in our Meeting rooms pondering open #SpaceScience questions, in our Common Area discussing over coffee, and on our rooftop, enjoying the view over wintery #Bern. Your ISSI Staff wishes you a very collaborative, successful, and—most of all—happy 2025!
- We are inviting applications for a Science Programme Manager as of April 1, 2025. Do you have a doctorate in #Astronomy and #Astrophysics, #PlanetarySciences, #Heliophysics or #EarthSciences, and want to join the ISSI team, apply here: www.issibern.ch/science-prog...
- Now available: Surface-Bounded Exospheres and Interactions in the Inner Solar System Volume 84 in the Space Sciences Series of ISSI
- Reposted by International Space Science Institute (ISSI)My International (interplanetary?) team @issibern.ch. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of leading a team and running the meetings in Bern, and would definitely recommend it to any young researchers looking to expand their collaborations and gain project leading experience #PlanetaryScience
