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 European Space Agency (ESA) has given the green light to build the flight models of the spacecraft and science payload for the PLATO mission to search for extrasolar planets.
In the "Solar and Stellar Interiors" department, Laurent Gizon, Jesper Schou, Aaron Birch, Robert Cameron and others offer PhD projects in solar physics and astrophysics. Helioseismology and asteroseismology are used as important tools to study the oscillating Sun and stars.
In the "Solar and Stellar Interiors" department, Laurent Gizon, Jesper Schou, Aaron Birch, Robert Cameron and others offer PhD projects in solar physics and astrophysics. Helioseismology and asteroseismology are used as important tools to study the oscillating Sun and stars.
The longest-serving solar observatory in space has turned 25 and is still making significant contributions to solar research. Its old age has become an important merit.