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The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland, is an institute of advanced studies where scientists from all over the world meet to discuss and publish about the most-pressing science topics. Visit us on www.issibern.ch

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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 28/09/2026
☕ Coffee-break read for scientists Astronauts have the Overview effect. Aquanauts have the Underview effect. What about the rest of us? This new ISSI piece argues that researchers have a version of their own… ⏱ About 7 minutes, ~ one cup. 👉 www.issibern.ch/the-overview... #InnerviewEffect 🔭
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The Overview, the Underview, and the Inner View
Discover the inner-view effect: an exploration of interconnectedness seen through the lens of research and nature.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 29/09/2026
🌌 The Next Frontier: Life Beyond Earth From Europa's hidden oceans to Titan's lakes and exoplanets that may one day show signs of life: Svetlana Berdyugina explores humanity's oldest questions with tomorrow's tools. 🗓️ Thu, 1 Oct, 18:15 CEST 📍 ISSIBern 📡 www.issibern.ch/pro-issi-tal... #ProISSITalk
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The Next Frontier: Life Beyond Earth The Next Frontier: Life Beyond Earth
Pro ISSI Talk with Svetlana V. Berdyugina | Thursday, October 1, 2026 (18:15 CEST) | Venue: ISSI, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, J. Geiss Auditorium (1st floor)
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 28/09/2026
☕ Coffee-break read for scientists Astronauts have the Overview effect. Aquanauts have the Underview effect. What about the rest of us? This new ISSI piece argues that researchers have a version of their own… ⏱ About 7 minutes, ~ one cup. 👉 www.issibern.ch/the-overview... #InnerviewEffect 🔭
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The Overview, the Underview, and the Inner View
Discover the inner-view effect: an exploration of interconnectedness seen through the lens of research and nature.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 27/09/2026
The Moon 🌔 Past, Present & Future ...come join us for the next Astronomy on Tap ⨉ ISSI event ! 📍Stellwerk Bern 🕗 Wednesday, 30. September • 19:00 - 22:00 🧑‍🚀 Claire Nichols, Guido Schwarz, and Andreas Riedo Click here for the free entry: www.eventbrite.ch/e/astronomy-...
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Astronomy on Tap Bern - The Moon: Past, Present & Future
Explore our nearest celestial neighbour — from its ancient past to the science and exploration shaping its future.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 25/09/2026
Did you miss the webinar on "High Resolution Mapping of Trace Gas Super-Emitters with Non-Atmospheric Spaceborne Instruments 🛰️" with Luis Guanter? Find the recording here. youtu.be/Z-Gky-wNZrY
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High Resolution Mapping of Trace Gas Super-Emitters with Spaceborne Instruments with Luis Guanter
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 24/09/2026
🛰️ Satellites built to study land and minerals are turning out to be surprisingly sharp detectors of methane, CO₂, and other pollutant plumes. Join the webinar with Luis Guanter (Univ. Politècnica de València) to find out how. 🔭 🗓️ Thu, 24 Sept, 17h CEST | 11h EDT ➡️ www.issibern.ch/high-resolut...
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High Resolution Mapping of Trace Gas Super-Emitters with Non-Atmospheric Spaceborne Instruments
High Resolution Mapping of Trace Gas Super-Emitters with Non-Atmospheric Spaceborne InstrumentsWebinar with Luis Guanter (Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)| ...
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/09/2026
Anyway, this paper is (sequentially) the first of a ten-paper collection at Space Science Reviews. The paper is free to access, read, and download: link.springer.com/article/10.1... And you can find the entire collection (so far) here: link.springer.com/collections/...
Read it! Go! It's free!
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/09/2026
I said I'd do a thread about my new Space Science Reviews paper, so here it is! This is part of a collection of papers arising from a meeting at the International Space Science Institute in Bern in 2024: a workshop to better understand rocky extrasolar planets. A 🧵:
Interior structure models of Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars, the Moon, and Io, all shown to scale and key elements labelled.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 16/09/2026
Call for the 2027 Johannes Geiss Fellowship! Apply by October 9, 2026 for the opportunity to conduct independent research (Astrophysics, Heliophysics, Planetary or Earth Sciences) in Bern, Switzerland. Details: www.issibern.ch/jgf-applicat... #SpaceScienceOpportunity #JGF #ISSI 🔭
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 08/09/2026
At ISSI, we like to think that our doors are open to some of the sharpest minds in space science and, as it turns out, to a bit of crayon-wielding creativity too. 🖍️🔭 See what happens when world-class research meets a more colourful kind of curiosity: www.issibern.ch/where-nobel-... 💙
The famous ISSI Guestbook
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 02/09/2026
While @unep.org released their report today, the newest issue of SPATIUM, authored by @benpoulter.bsky.social and edited by @fabiocrameri.ch, focusses on #EarthObservation in the Era of #ClimateOvershoot. 📖 Read the full issue: www.issibern.ch/spatium @sparkclimate.bsky.social #ClimateSky
Pro ISSI SPATIUM #56 cover, titled "Earth Observation in the Era of Climate Overshoot", authored by Benjamin Poulter and edited by Fabio Crameri.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 03/09/2026
ISSI Team #644 is zooming in on the aurora. Literally. Led by Larry Kepko & Sara Gasparini, the team is unpacking mesoscale magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Read more about the team's work: lnkd.in/e72dw2sg
Group picture of ISSI International Team 644 led by Larry Kepko and Sara Gasparini.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 02/09/2026
What if satellite data could help measure the genetic diversity of life on Earth? 🌍🛰️ This week, the "Genes from Space" Working Group is meeting to advance an Earth Observation-powered tool for calculating genetic indicators.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 02/09/2026
While @unep.org released their report today, the newest issue of SPATIUM, authored by @benpoulter.bsky.social and edited by @fabiocrameri.ch, focusses on #EarthObservation in the Era of #ClimateOvershoot. 📖 Read the full issue: www.issibern.ch/spatium @sparkclimate.bsky.social #ClimateSky
Pro ISSI SPATIUM #56 cover, titled "Earth Observation in the Era of Climate Overshoot", authored by Benjamin Poulter and edited by Fabio Crameri.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 01/09/2026
We are hiring! The International Space Science Institute (ISSI) invites applications for a staff position of Accountant (60%) We are seeking a motivated professional to take the role of Accountant, asap and ideally no later than November 1st, 2026. #JobPosting ➡️ www.issibern.ch/who-we-are/s...
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Job Opportunities
Job Opportunities at ISSI. Come join our small team in a vibrant place supporting space and Earth science and scientists.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 25/08/2026
In our latest #ISSIcast, we bring you face-to-face with Dr. Colleen Golja. Colleen takes us from the discovery of the #ozone hole to the Montreal Protocol. She also tells us what she has loved most about her second stay in Bern... 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/f7iu4vXlZv0 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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ISSIcast #12 – Reading the Ozone Layer
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 27/08/2026
The "global average sea-level rise" number everyone quotes is almost useless if you actually live on a coast. New review led by Anny Cazenave (geodesist, altimetry pioneer, former ISSI Director) shows local sea level is driven by… 🧵👇 www.issibern.ch/your-coast-h...
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Your Coast Has Its Own Climate
Learn how sea-level rise affects our shores by reconciling multiple scientific approaches and collaboration among experts.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 27/08/2026
The "global average sea-level rise" number everyone quotes is almost useless if you actually live on a coast. New review led by Anny Cazenave (geodesist, altimetry pioneer, former ISSI Director) shows local sea level is driven by… 🧵👇 www.issibern.ch/your-coast-h...
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Your Coast Has Its Own Climate
Learn how sea-level rise affects our shores by reconciling multiple scientific approaches and collaboration among experts.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 25/08/2026
In our latest #ISSIcast, we bring you face-to-face with Dr. Colleen Golja. Colleen takes us from the discovery of the #ozone hole to the Montreal Protocol. She also tells us what she has loved most about her second stay in Bern... 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/f7iu4vXlZv0 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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ISSIcast #12 – Reading the Ozone Layer
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 20/08/2026
🌑☀️ Chasing totality in Spain On August 12, ISSI's Science Communications Intern Mathieu Marié travelled from Bern to northern Spain to witness the total solar eclipse... and the sky delivered: 👉 www.issibern.ch/my-journey-t... 🔭 #SolarEclipse #ISSIBern #SpaceScience #Eclipse2026
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My Journey through the 2026 Solar Eclipse
Discover the excitement of the Solar eclipse event captured by ISSI intern Mathieu Marié at an elevated location near Burgos.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 20/08/2026
🌑☀️ Chasing totality in Spain On August 12, ISSI's Science Communications Intern Mathieu Marié travelled from Bern to northern Spain to witness the total solar eclipse... and the sky delivered: 👉 www.issibern.ch/my-journey-t... 🔭 #SolarEclipse #ISSIBern #SpaceScience #Eclipse2026
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My Journey through the 2026 Solar Eclipse
Discover the excitement of the Solar eclipse event captured by ISSI intern Mathieu Marié at an elevated location near Burgos.
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Universität Bern @unibe.ch · 18/08/2026
A team led by #unibern has used high-resolution #simulations and data from ESA’s Hera space probe to show that a single asteroid impact formed the deep depression at the south pole and the smooth, dusty surface of #mars’ moon Deimos. sohub.io/3nvx @issibern.ch @esa.int
Blue-tinted view of cratered lunar surface with a small dark moon and text reading “Impact shaped Deimos” in red boxes.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 18/08/2026
💥 One asteroid, 320 meters wide, hitting at a 45° angle ... and it reshaped Mars' moon Deimos, carving its south-pole depression and blanketing it in dust. Read more about @raducan.bsky.social’s latest publication in @natastron.nature.com: www.issibern.ch/asteroid-imp...
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PRESS RELEASE
Unravel the secrets of Mars moon Deimos with our insights on its characteristics and significance in planetary science.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 12/08/2026
☀️ 🌗🌍 The Moon is 400x smaller than the Suwebdesign's – by pure coincidence – also about 400x closer to us. Hence, they both seem to be the same size! Never stare directly at the Sun, eclipsed or not! You need certified ISO12312-2 eclipse glasses. Video by Eyeloveyou, our partner in webdesign.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 10/08/2026
Is 60 years of radiation belt physics hiding a Jackson Pollock inside a Mark Rothko? Read "Sprinkles in Disguise" decorated by our very own in-house artist Cosima-Lea Baier: lnkd.in/gCdm5zi4 #SciArt #SpaceScience 🐡🔭
Painting of smooth, "diffusive-looking" observational signature by Cosima-Lea Baier, ISSI.Painting artistically representing the fine, filamentary, deterministic structure of the Earth’s radiation belts by Cosima-Lea Baier, ISSI.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 10/08/2026
Is 60 years of radiation belt physics hiding a Jackson Pollock inside a Mark Rothko? Read "Sprinkles in Disguise" decorated by our very own in-house artist Cosima-Lea Baier: lnkd.in/gCdm5zi4 #SciArt #SpaceScience 🐡🔭
Painting of smooth, "diffusive-looking" observational signature by Cosima-Lea Baier, ISSI.Painting artistically representing the fine, filamentary, deterministic structure of the Earth’s radiation belts by Cosima-Lea Baier, ISSI.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 05/08/2026
What if one of the widely accepted "laws" of space weather... never actually existed? Read what the ISSI International Team led by Maria-Theresia Walach and Nithin Sivadas has been up to: www.issibern.ch/a-statistica... 🔭
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A Statistical Mirage in Space Weather
Learn about space weather and its surprising effects on Earth's protective magnetosphere amidst recent findings.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 04/08/2026
Ever heard of #faculae and #swirls, or #spicules, dynamic #fibrils, #jets, #jetlets, and #campfires? These are the phenomena that ISSI International Team #604 “Small-scale eruptive events in the Sun” is studying! Read more about their project on: teams.issibern.ch/small-scalee...
Onsite ISSI International Team 604 picture Online ISSI International Team 604 picture
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 23/07/2026
Cold plasma in the Earth’s ionosphere and plasmasphere plays a critical role in near-Earth space, driving wave-particle interactions, coupling processes, and radio wave propagation. ∿ ∿ ∿ See what ISSI Working Group ‘ATIP’, led by Artem Smirnov and Fabricio Prol, is up to: collab.issibern.ch/atip/ 🔭
Team picture of the ISSI Working Group ATIP led by Artem Smirnov and Fabricio Prol.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 23/07/2026
You search for your keys, don't find them, and assume they're lost …until they turn up in yesterday's coat. That's a false negative. Our new Highlight digs into the blind spot the field has quietly underweighted for decades 👇 www.issibern.ch/the-hidden-p... #Astrobiology #SpaceScience 🔭
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The Hidden Presence: False Negatives in Astrobiology
Explore the critical issue of false negatives in research and learn how to improve detection of subtle signs of life.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 22/07/2026
Congratulations to the 33 newly selected International Teams in Space and Earth Sciences 2026 🔭 ➡️ www.issibern.ch/newly-select...
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 21/07/2026
The shape of the heliosphere, the bubble formed by the solar wind as the Sun moves through the galaxy, is currently being debated – in particular the looks of its tail. The ISSI Int. Team #613 led by Marc Kornbleuth is tackling this critical problem. ☀️ More: teams.issibern.ch/particleacce... 🔭
ISSI International Team 613 group picture including Marc Kornbleuth (Boston University, USA).
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 21/07/2026
Where does the Electron Superhalo, a faint but ever-present population of unusually energetic electrons in the solar system, come from? ☀️ ISSI Int. Team #656 led by Domenico Trotta tries to uncover exactly that. Read more: teams.issibern.ch/superhaloeni...
ISSI International Team picture with Domenico Trotta (ESA), Laura Hayes, and others.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 14/07/2026
Evolution of the Solar System: Constraints from Meteorites How did our Solar System form and evolve? This new volume edited by D. Hezel, H. Palme, K. Mezger, A. Morbidelli & J. Zipfel, brings together leading experts to explore exactly that.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 09/07/2026
🔭 How do solar energetic particles travel from the Sun to Mars' surface? This week's International Team is modelling this journey - through the heliosphere & Martian atmosphere - to support future Mars missions & improve radiation risk assessment. Read more: teams.issibern.ch/solarparticl...
International Team #25-652  "Impact of Solar Energetic Particles on Mars: Enhancing Space Weather Insights for Future Exploration" led by Marco Pinto and Laura Rodríguez-García.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 08/07/2026
🔭 This ISSI Team - led by G. Thomas - is developing new techniques to homogenise large spectroscopic surveys onto a common scale – essential for studying the Milky Way as a whole (e.g. combining Northern & Southern hemisphere data). Discover more teams.issibern.ch/asteroshop/
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 02/07/2026
What do the chemical abundances of distant galaxies tell us about the stars that made them? 🌌🔭 This week at #ISSI, experts including Allison Strom, Danielle Berg, Corinne Charbonnel, Brian Welch, and Antonella Nota are meeting to ponder this question! workshops.issibern.ch/distant-galaxies
ISSI Workshop poster by Fabio CrameriISSI Workshop group picture in front of the Bernese skyline including Allison Strom, Danielle Berg, Antonella Nota, and Brian Welch.
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Royal Astronomical Society @royalastrosoc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
While at the @eas-meeting.bsky.social we met the daughters of the great Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who in 1972 was awarded the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Gold Medal. Margrit Zwicky and Franziska Pfenninger-Zwicky stopped by our stand to say their father was "absolutely delighted" by the award.
Margrit Zwicky and Franziska Pfenninger-Zwicky at the EAS Annual Meeting.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 29/06/2026
Hey #EAS2026 community! If you are in Lausanne this week, stop by the ISSI booth and say 'Hi'! Whether you are curious about the research opportunities, looking for collaborations, or just goodies, come find us on the blue carpet! 🟦 @raducan.bsky.social @fabiocrameri.ch
Sabina Raducan and Fabio Crameri at the ISSI booth during EAS26.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 29/06/2026
Curious about the latest discoveries and insights from Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter? Watch here the recorded webinar with Marco Velli (Space Physics in the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Department, UCLA, USA) youtu.be/jV8jfdSmN7Y #SolarPhysics #Sun #ParkerSolarProbe #SolarOrbiter
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Origins and Structure of the Heliosphere: Novel Discoveries and Insights with Marco Velli
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 25/06/2026
Join today the live webinar "Origins and Structure of the Heliosphere: Novel Discoveries and Insights from Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter" with Marco Velli We start at 17h CEST | 11h EDT ➡️ www.issibern.ch/results/game...
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 24/06/2026
📊 In 2025, ISSI organised 69 events and welcomed 964 visitors from all over the world — 479 of them joining us for the very first time. ✨ youtu.be/SfcJQABwmB4?...
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 23/06/2026
"Excitation and Dissipation of Kinetic-scale Fluctuations in Space Plasmas" …is the focus of this week's ISSI International Team #612, led by Kristopher Klein and Daniel Verscharen. 🔭
ISSI International Team 612 group pictures with co-conveners Daniel Verscharen and Kristopher Klein.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 23/06/2026
☀️ Save the date for the next webinar presenting new discoveries and insights from Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter with Marco Velli (UCLA) 🔭 🗓️ Thursday, 25th June (17:00 CEST | 11:00 EDT) Details: www.issibern.ch/results/game... @august-jansen.bsky.social #sun #parkersolarprobe #solarorbiter
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Game Changers Webinars
Starting in the summer of 2020, the International Space Science Institute has organised the weekly on-line seminar series called “Game Changers”. After six series of weekly talks on the themes of “Mis...
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 18/06/2026
Big news: we have a new, additional Director! 🎉 Welcome Prof. Elena Sabbi @astro-selena.bsky.social – astrophysicist, science leader, and champion of accessible science. Now she's bringing that vision to ISSI. 🔭✨ Starting August 1 – we can't wait! 👉 www.issibern.ch/introducing-...
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Introducing Elena Sabbi: ISSI’s New Director
Meet Elena Sabbi, the new addition to ISSI. Discover her vision and expertise in stellar dynamics and observatory discussions.
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 11/06/2026
Amina Helmi, member of the ISSI Board of Trustees, receives the 2026 Prize in Astrophysics @kavliprize.bsky.social! This honour is a wonderful recognition of a remarkable scientific journey, from galactic archaeology to mapping dark matter. Warmest congratulations from the ISSI family, Amina! 🏅✨
Amina Helmi, congratulations from ISSI for the Kavli Prize. Picture by LiwligNorway
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 11/06/2026
Incoherent Scatter – An Invaluable Tool in the Field of Space and Plasma Physics For >70 years, incoherent scatter radars have been the gold standard in remote sensing for ionospheric plasma physics and upper atmospheric coupling, yet there is no unified textbook.
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Prof Lindsay, the Space Wizard 🌞🔮📡 @lvgoodwin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Boom! Congrats on 1K 🤩
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 10/06/2026
🔭 This week we are hosting a Team working on "Active Region Evolution Under the Spotlight, with Unprecedented Coordinated High-Resolution Stereoscopic Observations and Numerical Simulations" led by K. Barczynski (ETH Zurich & PMOD/WRC) @louise-solar.bsky.social teams.issibern.ch/activeregion...
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International Space Science Institute (ISSI) @issibern.ch · 02/06/2026
…just saying. 😉 #SatisfyingFollowingAhead
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