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)
Heller, R.: Astrophysical Simulations and Data Analyses on the Formation, Detection, and Habitability of Moons Around Extrasolar Planets. Habilitation, 433 pp., Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen (2020)
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
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).
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.