Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

News and Announcements

News and Announcements

Press releases

In Memory of Erhard Kirsch

September 28, 2023

Dr. Erhard Kirsch, former scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, passed away on 12 September, 2023 at the age of 89.

A stereo view of the Sun’s magnetic field

September 19, 2023

Two space probes see more than one - especially when they look at their research object from two different directions as is the case for ESA’s Solar Orbiter and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute ...

International Awards for Yuto Bekki

September 18, 2023

Dr. Yuto Bekki of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Germany received awards from two international associations of professional astronomers. He received the Patricia Edwin PhD Thesis Prize from the Solar Physics Division of ...

Events

Planetary Science Seminar: Magnetism in planet-forming disks and the solar nebula

Oct 6, 2023 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPS, Room: Equuleus + Fornax

IMPRS Defense: The in-flight radiometric calibration of the Metis coronagraph on-board Solar Orbiter. First results from calibrated images. (Yara de Leo)

Oct 20, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Catania (broadcasted at MPS)

IMPRS Defense: Numerical Modelling of Zonal Winds on Gas Giants with Magnetic Fields and Stably Stratified Layers (Paula Wulff)

Oct 25, 2023 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Max-Plack-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Room: Auditorium

IMPRS Defense: Observationally constrained dynamo models of the Sun (Simon Cloutier)

Nov 13, 2023 02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Max-Plack-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Room: Auditorium

IMPRS Defense: Inferring solar interior ﬂows with iterative helioseismic holography (Björn Müller)

Nov 29, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

Max-Plack-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Room: Auditorium

Job openings

Jobs

Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in geophysicalfluid dynamics

September 26, 2023

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B BepiColombo [5]

D Dawn [8]
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