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A star’s magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of their exoplanets from observations by space telescopes such as Kepler, James Webb, or PLATO. This is demonstrated by new model calculations presented ...

During its flyby of Venus, the European-Japanese twin space probe Bepi Colombo for the first time found carbon ions escaping from the planet's atmosphere into space. A research group involving the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) ...

The next stratospheric flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III is planned for early summer this year. Today's departure of the flight hardware from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany to the launch ...