After more than eleven years in space, NASA’s spacecraft Dawn has ceased to communicate. The space probe’s hydrazine fuel is depeleted; the operational mission has come to an end. [more]

The European Research Council will fund an ambitious solar physics project at the MPS over the next six years. [more]

The European-Japanese space probe is now on its way to Mercury. It will reach the innermost planet in seven years. [more]

First results from Cassini’s final mission phase show protons of extreme energies between the planet and its dense rings [more]

Professor K. R. Sreenivasan from New York University, leading expert in fluid dynamics and turbulence research, joins the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. [more]

Researchers have observed a twist in the rotational patterns of distant stars, which may explain the presence of starspots on their surface. [more]

Interview with Dawn’s Framing Camera Lead Investigator Dr. Andreas Nathues from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research on the mission’s imminent end. [more]