Schulze-Makuch, D.; Heller, R.; Guinan, E.: In Search for a Planet Better than Earth: Top Contenders for a Superhabitable World. Astrobiology 20 (12) (2020)
Heller, R.: Analytic solutions to the maximum and average exoplanet transit depth for common stellar limb darkening laws. Astronomy and Astrophysics 623, A137 (2019)
Heller, R.: Decryption of messages from extraterrestrial intelligence using the power of social media– the SETI Decrypt Challenge. International Journal of Astrobiology 18 (4), pp. 296 - 303 (2019)
Heller, R.; Hippke, M.; Rodenbeck, K.: Transit least-squares survey: II. Discovery and validation of 17 new sub- to super-Earth-sized planets in multi-planet systems from K2. Astronomy and Astrophysics 627, A66 (2019)
Heller, R.; Rodenbeck, K.; Bruno, G.: An alternative interpretation of the exomoon candidate signal in the combined Kepler and Hubble data of Kepler-1625. Astronomy and Astrophysics 624, A95 (2019)
Heller, R.; Rodenbeck, K.; Hippke, M.: Transit least-squares survey: I. Discovery and validation of an Earth-sized planet in the four-planet system K2-32 near the 1:2:5:7 resonance. Astronomy and Astrophysics 625, A31 (2019)
Hippke, M.; David, T. J.; Mulders, G. D.; Heller, R.: Wōtan: Comprehensive Time-series Detrending in Python. The Astronomical Journal 158 (4), 143 (2019)
Hippke, M.; Heller, R.: Optimized transit detection algorithm to search for periodic transits of small planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics 623, A39 (2019)
Forgan, D. H.; Heller, R.; Hippke, M.: Photogravimagnetic assists of light sails: a mixed blessing for Breakthrough Starshot? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 474 (3), pp. 3212 - 3220 (2018)
Haqq-Misra, J.; Heller, R.: Exploring exomoon atmospheres with an idealized general circulation model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 479 (3), pp. 3477 - 3489 (2018)
Heller, R.; Jacob, R.; Schönberner, D.; Steffen, M.: Hot bubbles of planetary nebulae with hydrogen-deficient winds: II. Analytical approximations with application to BD + 30°3639. Astronomy and Astrophysics 620, A98 (2018)
Rodenbeck, K.; Heller, R.; Hippke, M.; Gizon, L.: Revisiting the exomoon candidate signal around Kepler 1625 b. Astronomy and Astrophysics 617, A49 (2018)
Wells, R.; Poppenhaeger, K.; Watson, C.A.; Heller, R.: Transit visibility zones of the Solar system planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 473 (1), pp. 345 - 354 (2018)
Heller, R.: Relativistic generalization of the incentive trap of interstellar travel with application to Breakthrough Starshot. Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 470, pp. 3664 - 3671 (2017)
Analyzing the high spatial resolution solar Ca II H and K emission data obtained by the SUNRISE mission and building a model of other stars more active than the Sun
First Light for Sunrise III: the first tests with real sunlight were successful. The balloon-borne solar observatory should be ready for launch at the end of May.
First icy cold, then midnight sun: at the Arctic Circle, the team will prepare the next flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory - and hopes for solar fireworks.
Astronomical teamwork: By combining data from Solar Orbiter and SDO, a group of researchers has unambiguously determined the magnetic field at the solar surface.
Images from ESA’s Solar Orbiter offer the best look yet at a source region of the solar wind - and challenge our view of the continuous particle stream from the Sun.