Finally here! Two years after #nasa 's #OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples of #asteroid #bennu to Earth, we have now received 319 mg to study in our labs. We are hoping to determine Bennu’s isotopic composition and learn more about its “birthplace” in the Solar System. #osirisrex #asteroidbennu

Does the solar magnetic field migrate towards the poles faster than expected? Results using data from #esa ’s #solarorbiter spacecraft are published today in #apjl: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae10a3 More infos here […]

ESA’s space probe #juice is headed towards a truly unexpected encounter: on November 2nd, observations of interstellar object #3iatlas will begin. Read more about contributions from #mpsgoettingen to the campaign here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/juice-and-3iatlas-an-unexpected-encounter-in-space […]

How should #Mars samples be handled upon arrival on Earth? What measurements are necessary to unlock their full scientific potential? In a new report, the Measurement Definition Team of #NASA and #ESA including Christian Schröder from #mpsgoettingen and […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Here comes the Sun! ☀️ After a 6-month guest appearance in the exhibition “What the Quantum?!” in the Göttingen science museum @forumwissengoe , our model of the Sun is back home. Thanks for safely transporting the Sun through Göttingen. And many thanks […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

3 unique views of the #sun, 1 #workshop! Register now for the Solar Orbiter-IRIS-Aditya Joint Workshop taking place from March 16th-19th 2026 in Berlin. More infos here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/sow2026 #solarorbiter # IRIS #aditya #heliophysics #esa #nasa #isro

Yesterday, about 30 scientists from the Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen visited school classes to talk about #meteorites, #Mars, the #Sun and much more. Thanks for having us – and for all the great questions! See you next year! #MaxPlanckgehtzurSchule @mpi-nat.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social

The Solar System School is now permanent! 🥳🥳 The unique graduate program offers students from all over the world the opportunity to obtain a doctorate in solar system research. 🛰️☀️🔭 Joint PR @mpsgoettingen […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

The Solar System School is now permanent! 🥳🥳 www.mps.mpg.de/bright-futur... The unique graduate program offers students from all over the world the opportunity to obtain a doctorate in solar system research. 🛰️☀️🔭 @uni-goettingen.de @tu-braunschweig.de @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy

The International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science becomes a permanent institution in Göttingen and Braunschweig The Solar System School, the joint graduate school of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the University […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Tomorrow, Max Planck goes to school! 34 school classes will welcome a scientist from one of the Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen. From #MPSGoettingen, 16 scientists will participate and speak about #exoplanets, #solarstorms etc. #MaxPlanckgehtzurSchule @mpi-nat.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social

Register now for the SO/PHI Science & Team Meetings from Dec. 1st – 5th, 2025 on Tenerife to discuss results from #SolarOrbiter ’s instrument SO/PHI! More information here: meetings.iac.es/sophi2025/ Registration deadline is Oct. 31st. @science.esa.int #Sun #PHI #IAC #S3PC #MCC ☀️🛰️🔭

This new children’s book (in 🇩🇪) features 48 beautiful pages filled with cool facts about the Sun! On 2 of them, MPS-scientist Achim Gandorfer and MPS-engineer Bianca Grauf speak about our balloon mission #SunriseIII and tell what they love about our star. Enjoy! #WASISTWAS #TesloffVerlag #Sunrise3

Our brand-new institute brochure is here! 🌞🪐✨ Across 40 pages, you’ll find an overview of our research topics, methods, and infrastructure—plus insights into public events, training, and more. Enjoy reading! Follow this link […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Our brand-new institute brochure is here! 🌞🪐✨ Across 40 pages, you’ll find an overview of our research topics, methods, and infrastructure—plus insights into public events, training, and more. Enjoy reading! Follow this link: www.mps.mpg.de/8480541/inst... #planets #sun #exoplanets #solarsystem

[job ad: two postdoc positions] Two postdoctoral positions in the SWI project for science operations and data calibration via https://www.mps.mpg.de/career/jobs Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d) in SWI Data Calibration […]

Molten #planets and early #atmospheres in the #lab: #mpsgoettingen scientist Christian Renggli receives one of this year’s ERC Starting Grants for his group ELMO (Experimental Laboratory Magma Ocean). Congratulations!!! […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

What an amazing conclusion of the IMPRS retreat today! The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science welcomed us for a brief but intense visit, and young solar system researchers got to discuss with researchers studying the history of solar eclipse excursions and other intriguing topics […]

"If I had a time machine to go back to the past, what would I want to tell my PhD self?" Four IMPRS alumns treated us to valuable insights into their individual career paths and life choices after the PhD. Thank you Jean, Argyrios, Nina and Krzysztof for joining us at the retreat and sharing […]

As in every year, the literary festival Göttinger Literaturherbst, Oct 18th - Nov 11th, features a scientific lecture series covering topics from quantum theory to early childhood language acquisition. Two lectures are in English. Take a look at the full program here: www.mps.mpg.de/von-babyspra...

Molten #planets and early #atmospheres in the #lab: #mpsgoettingen scientist Christian Renggli receives one of this year’s ERC Starting Grants for his group ELMO (Experimental Laboratory Magma Ocean). Congratulations!!! www.mps.mpg.de/erc-starting... @renggli.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #ERCStG

Thank you so much to @AIP_Potsdam for hosting us today and showing us around some of the fascinating venues on Telegraphenberg in the Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein as well as your Potsdamer Babelsberg site! We saw the impressive Great Refractor, the […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

After arrival at this year's IMPRS retreat location yesterday, doctoral researchers are hard at work today, discussing various issues in dedicated working groups. We'll be staying here this week and still have some exciting days of talks, science and […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Curious to see the Max Planck Fediverse buzzing? Here's a Fediwall https://s.academiccloud.de/3iVQJA Fediwall app, primarily made for large screens in public spaces to follow self-updating posts of curated accounts and hashtags, is also a fun way to find new profiles to follow! Brought to you […]

And here's a video of the flare!

‪Here are some great shots from our #GREGORSolarTelescope observation campaign in July. Peering into the #photosphere and #chromosphere, we caught several emerging active regions – and a #flare! This will help us study the plasma dynamics in active […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

#ParkerSolarProbe was in the right place at the right time in September 2022: It passed through a magnetic reconnection region in the Sun's corona. #SolarOrbiter observed the event from a distance. Study led by #SwRI in @NatureAstronomy See the […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Das Science Center phaeno in Wolfsburg lädt ein zur Vortragsreihe 2025 „Galaktische Entdeckungen“. Expert:innen aus Astrophysik, Raumfahrt und Forschung berichten von den neuesten Erkenntnissen, spektakulären Missionen und großen Fragen rund um das Weltall. Eintritt frei, alle Termine hier […]

Could the #Sun be responsible for #ClimateChange? In his #TEDx talk on the subject, #mpsgoettingen director Sami Solanki looks into our star’s capricious past, at its more recent behavior – and gives a clear and definite answer. View here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ21...

And here's a video of the flare!

Here are some great shots from our #GREGORSolarTelescope observation campaign in July. Peering into the #photosphere and #chromosphere, we caught several emerging active regions – and a #flare! This will help us study the plasma dynamics in active regions and how energy builds up to create a flare.

#PhDCongratulations! 🥳🥳🥳Jonathan Nölke of the #IMPRS “Solar System School” has successfully defended his PhD thesis “Dark features in the solar corona and the underlying magnetic field studied with Solar Orbiter” ☀️🛰️🔭 at @tubraunschweig! That's […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Are you an academic teacher or a researcher in solar system science or a related field interested in pointing your students to exciting PhD opportunities with us? Would you like to receive our Calls for applications (between one to four times per year) and notifications about new PhD project […]

Hoping for a #flare: During the final days of our 2 week observation campaign with #GREGORSolarTelescope on Tenerife, scientists work remote from the “GREGOR Operations Center” at #MPSGoettingen and zoom in on a recently emerged active region that looks […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

#PhDCongratulations! 🥳🥳🥳Ziwen Huang of the #IMPRS “Solar System School” has successfully defended her PhD thesis “Investigating small-scale dynamics: Analysis and Interpretation of Solar Orbiter observations” at @tu-braunschweig.de !

The #PLATO mission has reached an important milestone: The optical bench with all 26 cameras as been assembled. Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/plato-fully-... #PLATODataCenter #exoplanet @uni-goettingen.de

Noch mehr Impressionen von der Nacht des Wissens 2025 #ndwgoe Auf der Website http://www.goettinger-nacht-des-wissens.de hat auch das Team von @ndw_goe eine Galerie von Fotos vieler der beteiligten Standorte geteilt. Toll, um sich alles nochmal in Erinnerung zu rufen! @ndw_goe @thegoecampus […]

Björn Müller, researcher at #MPSGoettingen and #IMPRS at #UniGoettingen graduate, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal for outstanding achievements in his dissertations. The @maxplanckgesellschaft presented all awards for 2024 at its annual meeting on […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Impressionen von der Nacht des Wissens 2025 #ndwgoe Knapp 6000 Gäste erlebten am 21. Juni 2025 die Nacht des Wissens am MPS. In der verlinkten Bildergalerie findet ihr einige unserer schönsten Fotos aus der Nacht […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Congratulations!!! Read more about the two Otto Hahn medalists from the Max Planck Institutes in #Goettingen here: www.mps.mpg.de/8464437/pm20...

Congratulations! Lisa Zeßner, recent graduate of the IMPRS for Solar System Science, has won the 2025 AEF/DPG-EP prize for the best talk at the DPG Spring Conference in Göttingen. In her talk she presented the results of her doctoral research on "Comprehensive simulations of solar prominences" […]

Wir haben heute Nacht überwältigende 5837 Besucher*innen bei der #ndwgoe am MPI für Sonnensystemforschung gezählt! Ihr wart mal wieder ein ganz großartiges Publikum, wir haben uns wahnsinnig über euer Interesse gefreut. Wir wünschen allen Gästen und Mitarbeiter*innen einen guten Heimweg, erholt […]

Have you ever looked at clouds or water and tried to understand the complex system of swirls and ribbons? To take it a step further: Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and its moons still pose puzzles of this kind, which we hope to unravel […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Did you see the reenactment of the Sunrise III flight with a cute little model at the kids' show? https://academiccloud.social/@imprs_solar/114723459947791480 Meanwhile, all our visitors of course also got to see the real Sunrise III observatory up close […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Our kid's program at the Night of Science: there was so much to see and to do! Here's a bit of a recap of how much fun we had interacting with you during various activities. A thread @ndw_goe #ndwgoe #ndwgoemps #goettingen #mpsgoettingen #imprs

Wow, some of you *really* came prepared! This visitor had their kids mark everything in the program booklet they were interested in and wanted to see. We hope you get to catch it all!

Und inzwischen probieren es unsere Besucher*innen begeistert selbst aus. @ndw_goe #ndwgoe #ndwgoemps #goettingen #mpsgoettingen #mars #mond #meteorit

Bei uns könnt ihr heute den Mond und den Mars gleichzeitig berühren! Christian Renggli hat uns heute nachmittag schonmal gezeigt wie's geht. @ndw_goe #ndwgoe #ndwgoemps #goettingen #mpsgoettingen #mars #mond #meteorit

What's this "transit method" that the #ESA #PLATOmission team will be using to detect extrasolar planets? Experience transits firsthand in our pendulum experiment that models how a planet passes in front of its star and changes the brightness that we can […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]