Solar physics

ESA’s Solar Orbiter has observed a solar switchback in the Sun's corona. A new study now provides clues to its origin. more

Application deadline 1 November 2022. PhD projects in planetary science, solar and stellar physics, solar magnetism, heliophysics, helioseismology, asteroseismology, ... more

Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki receives the George Ellery Hale Prize of the American Astronomical Society. more

How does our star heat its outer atmosphere, the solar corona, to unimaginable temperatures of up to 10 million degrees Celsius? With unprecedented observational data from ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft and powerful computer simulations, ERC starting grant awardee Pradeep Chitta intends to bring new momentum to the search for the coronal heating mechanism. more

IMPRS alumn Theodosios Chatzistergos is being awarded the SCOSTEP Distinguished Scientist Young Award 2022 more