Heller, R.: Tidal heating in the early Earth-Moon system under a faint, young sun. General Meeting of the SPP 1833 “Building a Habitable Earth”, Göttingen (2018)
Heller, R.: Aufbruch zu den Sternen: Mit Breakthrough Starshot zu alpha Centauri und seinen Planeten. Öffentlicher Vortrag in der Reihe "Faszinierendes Weltall", Förderkreis Planetarium Göttingen e.V., Göttingen, Germany (2017)
Heller, R.; Winkler, M.: Extreme Viscoelastic Heating of Earth-like Planets in the Habitable Zones Around Low-Mass Stars. Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Astrobiologische Gesellschaft, Potsdam, Germany (2017)
Heller, R.: Die Suche nach Leben außerhalb der Erde. Public talk ("Astronomievortrag") at the Michael Adrian Observatory in Trebur, Trebur, Germany (2016)
Heller, R.: Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, and the PLATO Space Mission. Scientists in the Classroom, Nauset Regional High School in Cape Cod (MA), USA (2016)
Heller, R.; Barnes, R.: Benefits and Perils of Tidal Heating to Planetary Habitability. Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Splinter Session "Formation, Evolution and Astrobiology of Extrasolar Planets", Bochum, Germany (2016)
Heller, R.; Pudritz, R.; Barnes, R.: Large, Water-Rich Moons around Giant Exoplanets - Implications for Life Beyond Earth. Astrobiology, Life in the Context of Cosmic Evolution, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany (2016)
Heller, R.; Duda, J.-P.; Winkler, M.; Reitner, J.; Gizon, L.: Habitability of the Early Earth: A Faint Young Sun and Strong Tidal Heating due to a Closer Moon. ESRP Meeting, Jena, Germany (2022)
Heller, R.: Deceleration of High-Velocity Interstellar Photon Sails into Bound Orbits at α Centauri Using Photogravitational Assists. Astrobiology Science Conference, Mesa, Arizona, USA (2017)
First Light! The spectro-polarimeter of the world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii looks at the Sun for the first time. The instrument was developed in Germany.
Dr. Theodosios Chatzistergos receives award by the European Space Weather and Space Climate Association for his research findings on the historical activity of the Sun.
The Zdenĕk Švetska Senior Prize of the Solar Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS) recognizes Solanki’s pioneering contributions to solar research.
The magnetic field in the solar atmosphere exceeds the geomagnetic field strength by four orders of magnitude. It greatly influences the processes of energy transport within the solar atmosphere, and dominates the morphology of the solar chromosphere and corona. Kinetic energy from convective motions in the Sun can be efficiently stored in magnetic fields and subsequently released - to heat the solar corona to several million degrees or to blast off coronal mass ejections.
Application deadline 1 October 2024. PhD projects in planetary science, solar and stellar physics, solar magnetism, heliophysics, helioseismology, asteroseismology, ...