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)
The Uranian magnetic field is more expansive than previously thought, according to newly analyzed data from Voyager 2, making it easier to search for moons with oceans.
The Planetary Plasma Environments group (PPE) has a strong heritage in the exploration of planetary magnetospheres and space plasma interactions throughout the solar system. It has contributed instruments to several past missions that flew-by or orbited Jupiter (Galileo, Cassini, Ulysses). The PPE participates in the JUICE mission by contributing hardware and scientific expertise to the Particle Environment Package (PEP).
The MPS instruments on board ESA’s JUICE spacecraft have successfully completed their commissioning in space - and delivered their first observational data.
A collision nearly 30 years ago permanently changed Jupiter's atmospheric chemistry; the aftermath is still helping to better understand the gas giant.
The launch was successful; the ESA’s space probe JUICE is now on its way to the Jupiter system. There, it will primarily study the gas giant's icy moons.
ESA's space probe is on the move: First it heads for the launch site in Kourou - and in April it will begin its long journey to Jupiter and its icy moons.