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International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Hallerstrasse 6
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone +41 31 684 48 96
Email issi@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: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeidler, E. Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
 
JWST Launch: Last View of the Telescope, Image Credit: JWST, NASA, ESA

Origins of Stars, Planets, and Life (?): Highlights from Early Science with the JWST

Pro ISSI Talk with Michael R. Meyer
(J. Geiss Fellow 2024 and Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, USA)

6th November 2024 –18:15h CET

Pro ISSI Talk

Published: 21 October 2024

Star
Exoplanets
Universe
JWST

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.

ISSI Calendar
Mon – Fri Oct 28 – Nov 1
International Team of J. Hwang

Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Wave Investigation

Mon – Fri Oct 28 – Nov 1
International Team of N. Ganushkina and M. Liemohn

1-100 keV Electrons in the Earth's Magnetosphere : Unique and Unpredictable?

Team Webpage

Tue – Thu Oct 29 – Oct 31
International Team of B. Johnson and A. Benedetti

A Framework for Improving All-Weather Visible and Near-Infrared Satellite Data Assimilation

Team Webpage

Mon – Fri Nov 4 – Nov 8
International Team of S. Fotopoulou

Active Galactic Nuclei in Next Generation Surveys

Reaching out towards new scientific horizons

Our Fields of Research

Heliophysics

Astrophysics
Cosmology

Planets
Small Bodies

Earth
Science

Spotlight

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Latest news from ISSI and research updates from our communities.

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft in March 2015. Comet 67P was the first comet ever known to emit molecular oxygen, a molecule rarely found throughout the universe because of its chemical reactivity and the difficulty in detecting it. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM

Understanding the Activity of Comets Through 67P’s Dynamics

ISSI Team 547 Report

byNicholas Attree

From the Teams

Published: 29 October 2024

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Comets
CME Blast and subsequent impact on Earth, Credit: SOHO/LASCO/EIT (ESA & NASA), Steele Hill
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Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space

Webinar with Vassilis Angelopoulos
(UCLA, Los Angeles, USA)

recorded October 24, 2024

25 October 2024

A star cluster is shown inside a large nebula of many-coloured gas and dust. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster, lit on the inner side, while layers of diffuse, translucent clouds blanket over them. Around and within the gas, a huge number of distant galaxies can be seen, some quite large, as well as a few stars nearer to us which are very large and bright. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeidler, E. Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
A star cluster is shown inside a large nebula of many-coloured gas and dust. The material forms dark ridges and peaks of gas and dust surrounding the cluster, lit on the inner side, while layers of diffuse, translucent clouds blanket over them. Around and within the gas, a huge number of distant galaxies can be seen, some quite large, as well as a few stars nearer to us which are very large and bright. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeidler, E. Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
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First young brown dwarf candidates found outside the Milky Way

Press release

23 October 2024

JWST Launch: Last View of the Telescope, Image Credit: JWST, NASA, ESA
read

Origins of Stars, Planets, and Life (?): Highlights from Early Science with the JWST

Pro ISSI Talk with Michael R. Meyer
(J. Geiss Fellow 2024 and Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, USA)

6th November 2024 –18:15h CET

21 October 2024

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ISSI is located in Bern, Switzerland

Visit us
in Bern

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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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

63+

Journal papers published by ISSI Visitors

~300/yr

Coffees produced by the ISSI coffee machine

>255k

A Mechanism for Knowledge Generation

ISSI Base

950 Square Meters
5 Meeting Rooms
3 Floors
1 Coffee Machine
3 Data Servers
18 Staff Members

Spaces

4 Science Areas
4 Publication Avenues
7 Funding Instruments

People

7298 Visitors
63 Countries
628 Teams
106 Workshops
30 Working Groups
32 Forums

Results

1120+ Staff Publications
4700+ Visitor Papers
88 SSSI Volumes
17 Sci. Rep. Volumes
54 Spatium Issues

Latest
Publications

Solar and Stellar Dynamos: A New Era

This volume presents the results from the ISSI Workshop "Solar and Stellar Dynamos: a New Era", held 13–17 June 2022, which aimed to take stock of the considerable progress in our understanding of many aspects of solar and stellar dynamos that has been made during the last decade. This became possible thanks to a wealth of observations from the ground and from space, the study of simplified models, and a new generation of comprehensive 3D MHD simulations.

Published: October 2024
SPATIUM 54 Cover by Fabio Crameri
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Unveiling the Mysteries of Solar Magnetic Activity: from the Earliest Observations to Parker Solar Probe

SPATIUM Magazine #54 …in our brand-new design!

Published: August 2024

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Annual Report 2023

Business Year 28

Published: May 2024

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Solar Missions – getting closer to our Star

Spatium Magazine #53

Published: February 2024

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