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3012 Bern
Switzerland

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Email secretary@issibern.ch

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International Space Science Institute

Science is
our Focus

ISSI is a scientifically independent and neutral Space- and Earth Science institute that advances science by facilitating open multi-disciplinary discourse in a stimulating environment, reaching out towards new scientific horizons.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
Photograph of the early workings on ISSI's new webpage with members from eyeloveyou.ch.
Mysterious happenings, multiple shades of blue, and various graphic wiggles are reported from within the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland.

Our new ISSI webpage

Our new ISSI webpage

byFabio Crameri

Published: 16 May 2024

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

From OSIRIS-REx to OSIRIS APEX: Mission Results and Future Exploration

Webinar with Amy Simon
(NASA, GSFC, USA)

Thursday, 30th May 2024
(17h CEST | 11h EDT) 

Published: 29 April 2024

ISSI

Job Posting: Discipline Scientists (Exoplanet Sciences, Planetary Science and Climate Science)

Job Posting

Published: 22 April 2024

Current ISSI Events

The programme of ISSI covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including the physics of the solar system and planetary sciences to astrophysics and cosmology, and from Earth sciences to astrobiology.

When checking the ISSI Calendar for potential meeting dates, please note that ISSI is usually at full capacity with either 3 teams or working groups, or 1 workshop, plus 1 team or working group.

Mon – Fri May 13 – May 17
International Team of B. Tremblay and M. Kazachenko

Tracking Plasma Flows in the Sun's Photosphere and Chromosphere : A Review & Community Guide

Mon – Fri May 13 – May 17
International Team of P. Antolin & C. Froment

Observe Local Think Global : What Solar Observations can teach us about Multiphase Plasmas across Astrophysical Scales

Tue – Fri May 14 – May 17
FORUM

Coastal Blue Carbon from Space

Mon May 20

WHIT MONDAY

Tue – Fri May 21 – May 24
International Team of F. Fraternale and S. Ocker

Shocks, Waves, Turbulence, and Suprathermal Electrons in the Very Local Interstellar Medium

Reaching out towards new scientific horizons

Our Fields of Research

Heliophysics

Astrophysics
Cosmology

Planets
Small Bodies

Earth
Science

ISSI is located in Bern, Switzerland.

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Bern can be reached easily from the airports: Zurich (ZHR), Geneva (GVA), and Basel Euroairport (BSL). Bern is also connected to many European cities by fast intercity trains. Timetable information of trains within and around Switzerland can be found at www.rail.ch.

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Photograph of the early workings on ISSI's new webpage with members from eyeloveyou.ch.
Mysterious happenings, multiple shades of blue, and various graphic wiggles are reported from within the International Space Science Institute in Bern, Switzerland.

Our new ISSI webpage

Our new ISSI webpage

byFabio Crameri

Published: 16 May 2024

ISSI in
Numbers 🧮

Numbers don’t say it all, but some are quite telling…

Scientists visit ISSI each year to do research together

~1100

Countries worldwide are represented in the ISSI visitor data base

60+

Journal papers published by the active ISSI International Teams

~300/yr

Coffees produced by the ISSI coffee machine

>255k

A Mechanism for Knowledge Generation

ISSI Base

750 Square Meters
6 Meeting Rooms
3 Floors
1 Coffee Machine
3 Data Servers
20 Staff Members

Spaces

4 Science Areas
4 Publication Avenues
7 Funding Instruments

People

7280 Visitors
60 Countries
598 Teams
103 Workshops
28 Working Groups
30 Forums

Results

1100 Staff Publications
more than 4900 Visitor Papers
88 SSSI Volumes
17 Sci. Rep. Volumes
53 Spatium Issues

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel