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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Four new PDRA posts available at Northumbria University Please find below advertisements for FOUR new PDRA posts in the Solar and Space Physics group at Northumbria University. We welcome informal enquiries about all positions before the deadline on Monday 9th November 2026 (please get in touch […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Young, close-in #planets love to live dangerously: They can provoke violent stellar #flares that backfire on themselves. At #mpsgoettingen, Ekaterina Ilin heads a new Max Planck Research Group and #ERCStartingGrant to study this self-destructive […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

The close-in planet’s magnetic field interacts with that of its host star, thereby triggering a massive solar flare.

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Colleagues and collaborators from around the world came together in Würzburg this week for the symposium SAMI26 (Solar Activity, Magnetism and Irradiance) – and most of all to celebrate 4 solar cycles of the career of #mpsgoettingen director Sami K […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Congratulations! At the annual meeting of the German Mineralogical Society, Angelina Abel from #mpsgoettingen was presented the Young Scientist Award 2005. #DMG #Award #YoungScientistAward

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

PhD opportunity in interstellar object observations, in Aotearoa New Zealand working with the fabulous @astrokiwi.bsky.social: www.gravity.ac.nz/join/phd-opportun…

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

4780 rocks from space: The #meteorite collection of @maxplanckgesellschaft has found a new home at #mpsgoettingen. For more than 20 years, the collection was preserved by #SenckenbergNatureResearchSociety. Its origins lie at the […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Representatives of #mpsgoettingen and #SenckenbergNatureResearchSociety presented the new #meteorite collection at #mpsgoettingen today.

Thorsten Kleine, Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, and Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, Director at the Senckenberg Research Institution and Nature Musem

Dr. Jan Hellmann, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Kleine, Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, and Dr. Jutta Zipfel during the media briefing

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

RE: solarsystem.social/@planetary_resea… IMPRS alumna Rosita Kokotanekova is hiring for her new research group in cometary science:

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

RE: solarsystem.social/@planetary_resea… IMPRS alumna Rosita Kokotanekova is hiring for her Swiss-Bulgarian PROMYS-funded research group:

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Researcher Position at the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, University of Oslo A researcher position is available at the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo. The position is for a period of 2 years. The starting date is flexible […]

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Open PhD positions: The IMPRS for Solar System Science at the University of Göttingen and at TU Braunschweig is offering PhD projects in Star-Planet Interactions and in Planet Formation www.mps.mpg.de/phd/open-projects Star-Planet Interactions with E. Ilin […]

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Open PhD positions at our partner university TU Braunschweig: The Institute for Theoretical Physics is offering PhD projects in space and astrophysics, working with Y. Narita […]

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Open PhD positions at our partner university TU Braunschweig: The Institute for Theoretical Physics is offering PhD projects in space and astrophysics, working with Y. Narita […]

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Dr Theodosios Chatzistergos @damagedonegr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Open #PhDPositions!!! The #IMPRS for Solar System Science at @uni-goettingen.de and @tu-braunschweig.de is offering PhD projects in Star-Planet Interactions, Planet Formation, Space and Astrophysics: www.mps.mpg.de/phd/open-pro... Application deadline: Oct. 1st, 2026 #SolarSystemSchool

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Open PhD research projects in astrophysics and geophysics in Göttingen, Germany

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Researchers from #mpsgoettingen and University of Colorado find new evidence, that the #Sun can, in principle, produce #superflares: The great #sunspot of 1947 had the potential to trigger a massive burst of radiation […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Everything set up to follow the ESA live stream on the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) separation: The BepiColombo team at MPS Göttingen and colleagues are glued to the screen and are eagerly awaiting to see the outcome of the maneuver! Join us watching […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

A setup oft large monitors in the corner of a high-ceilinged building. The ESA live stream is playing on the central monitor. To both sides there are BepiColombo posters. A crowd is seen from behind, watching.

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Today's #mpsgoettingen Summer Workshop offers the perfect opportunity for the entire institute to get together and discuss ongoing and future projects.

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Solar Physics PDRA at Northumbria University The Space Systems and Technology research group at Northumbria University are seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Solar Physics to undertake research in the fields of solar atmospheric science and coronal emission line imaging […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

The last few days have brought a mix of rain and sunshine to Göttingen. From an office window, #mpsgoettingen scientist Walter Goetz was able to catch this lovely shot of a double #rainbow above the institute. Many thanks for sharing! @thegoecampus

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳Yifeng Fu of @imprs_solar successfully defended his thesis “Thermal Transport and Boundary Layer Asymmetry in Turbulent Spherical Rayleigh-Bénard Convection”. @unigoettingen

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Congratulations! At the 57th annual meeting of the #AAS #SolarPhysicsDivision in Baltimore, #mpsgoettingen scientist Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta was awarded this year’s #KarenHarveyPrize. His research has helped to shape our understanding of the dynamic nature of the #Sun’s #corona.🔭 ☀️ 🛰️

Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta receiving the award certificate.

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Wait, this happened already one month ago? High time to share these pictures then: Please enjoy these views taken during the Gänseliesel ceremony in Göttingen on July 24, when IMPRS graduates Prithwitosh Dey, Ilse de Langen, Neelanchal Joshi and […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Composite showing a fountain with a goose girl statue on a high pedestal surrounded by a crown on a sunny day. A woman wearing a tall doctoral hat has climbed the struture and is leaning towards the statue. Three inset images show close-ups of different people all also kissing the statue.

A doctoral cart in the shape of a space shuttle seen from the front, with people in it, and people outside pushing and steering it onto a city road. Even more people all around point cameras at the scene.

Side view of a doctoral cart showing that it's named "SpaceyMcSpaceface". People inside the cart are smiling and waving.

A group of people pushing the doctoral cart through an old city road, heading away from the camera.

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳Yash Mandowara of the #IMPRS #SolarSystemSchool successfully defended his thesis “Measurements of the near-surface horizontal Reynolds stresses of the Sun’s global inertial modes”!!! @unigoettingen

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

A group of IMPRS doctoral researchers got to experience the total solar eclipse in Spain yesterday. Here is a picture taken during totality. #solareclipse #solareclipse2026

A group of ten people standing on a row, seen from behind silhouetted against a dark sky. To the right near the horizon, a totally eclipsed Sun.

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Live stream of the partial solar eclipse as seen from Göttingen, Germany at live.gwdg.de/play/sofi2026 by the University of Göttingen's Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics: watch starting from 19h MESZ if viewing conditions happen to be less favourable from where you are located […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Current observations from ESA’s #SolarOrbiter help #PredictiveScienceInc predict what the #corona will look like during the upcoming #SolarEclipse2026. Input is data from the instrument SO/PHI designed and built at #mpsgoettingen […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Simulations showing what the Sun's corona is likely to look like as viewed from Spain at the time of the solar eclipse.

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Using the #InouyeSolarTelescope and computer simulations, researchers from #NationalSolarObservatory, #mpsgoettingen and #HighAltitudeObservatory reveal tiny vortices on the Sun’s surface that have never been seen before. They are interpreted as signs of […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Come join us on August 12th in celebrating a partial #solareclipse and the #Perseids #meteorshower! Experience shows in a mobile #planetarium, hands-on experiments, lectures – and, of course, sky observations. #LangeNachtderAstronomie #SoFi2026 #Perseiden @unigoettingen

Sonnenfinsternis + Sternschnuppen
12.8.2026, 15:30 - 23 Uhr
Shows im mobilen Planetarium, Vorträge, Live-Beobachtungen, Mitmach-Stände
www.mps.mpg.de/lange-nacht-der-astronomie-2026

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

IAU Symposium 410 – New Look at Solar and Stellar Coronae (IAUS410) Shenzhen, China | 29 November – 4 December 2026 Please bear in mind that the deadline for applying for financial support is fast approaching. The IAU Symposium 410 New Look at Solar and Stellar Coronae will address some of the […]

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

Article collection from 17th European Solar Physics Meeting (ESPM-17) published The article collection “Advances in the Physics of the Sun and the Solar-Heliosphere Connection” has been completed and is now published in the journal Solar Physics. All articles not published with open access are […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Sanghita Chandra of the IMPRS Solar System School successfully defended her thesis “Interpreting Solar Spicules using Synthetic Diagnostics from 3D Radiative Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations” at the @tubraunschweig @imprs_solar […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Half-portrait of a young woman with long black hair and a white dress looking down on a doctoral hat that she is holding in her hands. She is standing in front of a wooden door, smiling and pointing at objects on the hat.

Young woman just emerged through a wooden door doing a little happy dance. To her left, three man clapping. This is the moment the new doctor is presented to the world by her committee members.

Formal picture of a new doctor with her committee members. The successful candidate is wearing a doctoral hat, held on her head by the two people to her left an right. A forth person stands further to her right. All are in formal attire and looking towards the camera.

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

“Beyond academia” testimonials for UKSP community Given that the majority of PhD students (and recently ever increasing postdoc numbers) do not continue in academia once they finish their PhD, the UKSP Council should also represent members of our community who are leaving, or are interested in […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

2 years after the stratospheric flight of #SunriseIII, first results are released today in a #SunriseIIIFocusIssue in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/… Read more here […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

Sunrise III data showing a flare and the associated magnetic field in different layers of the Sun

sunspot in the photosphere imaged by Sunrise III's SUSI instrument

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

SunPy 8.0 released! We’re pleased to announce the release of SunPy 8.0! 🚀 This major release includes several exciting new features, including: 🔹 Support for the PHI and Metis instruments aboard Solar Orbiter 🔹 Integration of the Solar Orbiter Archive Fido client directly into SunPy 🔹 Support […]

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

JOB OPENING: PhD Position at University of Helsinki, Finland The University of Helsinki invites applications for a full-time PhD researcher position in space plasma physics. The position is funded for approximately four years and is expected to begin in autumn 2026, or as otherwise agreed. The […]

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Torben Mau @torbenmau.bildung.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

Ich finalisiere gerade meinen Online-Beitrag zum Seminar #Medienbildung - Bildungsmedien von @zesspress an der @unigoettingen mit dem Titel "Vernetztes Lernen - Vernetzung lernen: Wie kann ein Lernnetzwerk digital souverän gestaltet werden?" ➡️Kurs-Blog […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳 As the 250th graduate of the @imprs_solar, Ilse de Langen successfully defended her thesis today. Title: Modelling Magnetic Induction and Lorentz Force-Driven Flows in Europa’s Subsurface Ocean […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

From left to right: Sonja Schuh (IMPRS Scientific Coordinator), Ilse de Langen (250th IMPRS graduate), Sami K. Solanki (former IMPRS Spokesperson)

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳 @HumboldtStiftung has awarded the Humboldt Research Award to the Indian solar scientist Durgesh Tripathi of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The award will enable Tripathi to deepen his close and […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

PhD Studentships Available With SERENE The Space Environment and Radio Engineering (SERENE) group at the University of Birmingham (UK) is looking for PhD candidate applicants in a wide range of areas: Ionospheric modeling for positioning, navigation, and timing: Thermospheric modeling for […]

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Postdoctoral Fellow in Ionospheric Climate with SERENE The Space Environment and Radio Engineering (SERENE) group at the University of Birmingham (UK) is looking for a postdoctoral fellow in ionospheric modeling and climatology. The three-year post will involve exploring global ionospheric […]

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UKSP @uksolarphysics.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

New UKSP nugget #142 142. Awakening of the sleeping Sun: is there a threshold polar flux that triggers recovery from grand solar minima? Link: UKSP Nuggets are published on a monthly basis highlighting solar physics research led from the UK. Regards, Sargam Mulay (sargam.mulay@glasgow.ac.uk) […]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon of #mpsgoettingen and @unigoettingen an ERC Advanced Grant worth 2.5 million euros. The project INSIDE aims to measure the Sun's magnetic field deep below the visible surface for the […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳Neelanchal Joshi of the #IMPRS #SolarSystemSchool successfully defended his thesis “Measuring multiscale solar flows using local correlation tracking”!!! @unigoettingen @thegoecampus

Neelanchal Joshi and the examination committee

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

IMPRS doctoral researcher Meghna Dutta and her colleagues happily presenting their posters with possible Master thesis projects at the CIDAS market place on Göttingen Campus today. Meghna made a great poster, and the group is thrilled by all the exciting […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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MPS Göttingen @mpsgoettingen.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from #mpsgoettingen, @unigoettingen and the University Côte d'Azur have investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison […] [Original post on academiccloud.social]

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IMPRS Solar System School @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

RE: academiccloud.social/@mpsgoettingen… New press release today about the search for life on Mars with the future Rosalind Franklin rover, with significant contributions to the paper by IMPRS alumn Manuel Reinhardt. Manuel has been pursuing similar questions since his […]

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