Using the #InouyeSolarTelescope and computer simulations, researchers from #NationalSolarObservatory, #mpsgoettingen and #HighAltitudeObservatory reveal tiny vortices on the Sun’s surface. They are signs of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. Published today in @nature.com . Video: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS

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 @uni-goettingen.de @goettingen-campus.de

#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]

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/10.3... Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/oscillations...

A pleasure to welcome the Max Planck Funding Foundation to Göttingen’s MPIs. Thank you for your generous support of basic research and for taking the time to engage with our scientists and their work! 🤝🔬 @mpips.bsky.social, @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳 As the 250th graduate of the #SolarSystemSchool, Ilse de Langen successfully defended her thesis today. Title: Modelling Magnetic Induction and Lorentz Force-Driven Flows in Europa’s Subsurface Ocean www.mps.mpg.de/a-magnetic-r... @uni-goettingen.de @tu-braunschweig.de 🔭🛰️

Congratulations!!! 🥳 @humboldt-foundation.de has awarded the Humboldt Research Award to solar scientist Durgesh Tripathi of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The award will enable Tripathi to deepen his collaboration with #mpsgoettingen. #IUCAA www.mps.mpg.de/durgesh-trip...

One of the awardees is Laurent Gizon from #mpsgoettingen and @uni-goettingen.de . His project INSIDE aims to measure the Sun's magnetic field deep below the visible surface for the first time. Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/erc-advanced... #Sun #helioseismology @goettingen-campus.de

ERC Advanced Grant for Laurent Gizon

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon an ERC Advanced Grant worth 2.5 million euros. The five-year project INSIDE aims to measure the Sun's magnetic field deep below ...

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The results of the Advanced Grants 2025 are here! Out of 3,329 applicants, 319 leading researchers have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. Congratulations to all! 🎉 Curious to know more ? 👉 buff.ly/uiU9x5K #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳Neelanchal Joshi of the #IMPRS #SolarSystemSchool successfully defended his thesis “Measuring multiscale solar flows using local correlation tracking”!!! @uni-goettingen.de @uni-goettingen.de

Organics in #meteorites: In preparation for ESA’s search for life on #Mars with #RosalindFranklin, researchers from MPS, @uni-goettingen.de, @univcotedazur.bsky.social investigated the chirality of pristane and phytane in the Murchison meteorite. www.mps.mpg.de/mars-mission... @science.esa.int

#PhDCongratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳Prithwitosh Dey of the #IMPRS #SolarSystemSchool successfully defended his thesis “Solar inertial modes as probes of rotation and convection”! @uni-goettingen.de @goettingen-campus.de

Did you know that you can follow our #IMPRS at @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy? Additionally, you can enable two-way-interactions by following @ap.brid.gy. Enjoy!

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research@mpsgoettingen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Solar System School is now permanent! 🥳🥳 www.mps.mpg.de/bright-futur... The unique graduate program offers students from all over the world the opportunity to obtain a doctorate in solar system research. 🛰️☀️🔭 @uni-goettingen.de @tu-braunschweig.de @imprs-solar.academiccloud.social.ap.brid.gy

Sunrise III Data Release: 2 years after the flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III, terabytes of data are now online and offer a unique view of our star: sr3data.mps.mpg.de #Sun #SunriseIII #Sunrise3 #APL #NAOJ #IAA_CSIC #INTA @uv.es @upm.es @iacastrofisica.bsky.social #SSC

We are very happy to announce the 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society this year, in fields from astronomy and cancer research to mathematics and biotechnology. #RSFellows royalsociety.org/news/2026/05...

Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society | Royal Society

Over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.

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Congratulations! #mpsgoettingen Director Sami K. Solanki has been elected to the Fellowship of the @royalsociety.org . This is in recognition of Solanki’s contributions to our understanding of the dynamic nature of the #Sun, its magnetism and activity. Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/sami-solanki...

Different #meteorites, same birthplace: The parent bodies of different groups of #CarbonaceousChondrites may have formed in the same region of the #SolarSystem. Published today in #TheAstrophysicalJournal: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... More here: www.mps.mpg.de/different-me...

FINAL TALK: We will wrap up our public lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne” on May 21st with a talk by Johann Hirzberger about ESA’s future #spaceweather mission #Vigil – and the #mpsgoettingen contribution. In German. More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🌍🔭 @goettingen-campus.de

A look into the “GREGOR Observations Center” at #mpsgoettingen during this month’s remote campaign at #GREGORSolarTelescope. Many great #activeregions and #sunspots, but unfortunately clouds obstructed our view. Hoping for better conditions for our August campaign together with #SolarOrbiter.

COMING UP: next lecture in our series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne” on May 7th, 7 PM. Natalie Krivova from #mpsgoettingen will speak about the most violent #solarstorms of the past 11.000 years. In German. More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🌍🔭 @goettingen-campus.de

Today we welcomed Dr. Ramanuj Banerjee, Counsellor S&T at the Indian Embassy, and representatives of @uni-goettingen.de. A great opportunity to present our research and speak about collaboration between scientists from India, Göttingen and within @maxplanck.de . Many thanks for your visit!

#GirlsDay and #BoysDay at #mpsgoettingen: 24 curious girls and boys explored our institute and had a chance to print with iron meteorites, “cook” solar plasma and get hands-on experience in our labs and workshops. It was great to have you! Thanks for an exciting day! #Zukunftstag #Zukunftstag2026

Scientists discover how solar prominences survive for months through a continuous plasma refill system, improving understanding of solar storms and space weather. @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social

Researchers investigated how solar prominences form and their secret to longevity

Solar prominences mystery solved by new simulations.

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#Solar #prominences are huge, beautiful structures in the #corona. Some are stable for weeks relying on constant replenishing of fresh material. A study published today in @natastron.nature.com explores their “supply logistics”: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... More: www.mps.mpg.de/solar-promin... ☀️🔭

DON’T MISS: next lecture in our lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne” on April 16th, 7 PM. Volker Bothmer from @uni-goettingen.de will speak about the effects of dangerous #SpaceWeather on terrestrial infrastructure. In German. More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🌍🔭 @goettingen-campus.de

It’s cherry blossom time! 💮💮💮Hans-Adolf-Krebs-Weg behind #mpsgoettingen has turned into a lovely cherry walk – offering glimpses of the institute’s far side amidst a sea of white blossoms. Maybe an idea for an evening stroll? #Kirschpost #CherryBlossom @uni-goettingen.de @goettingen-campus.de

Here's an animation of the first observation field of our PLATO Mission with ESA. The animation is based on the newly released PLATO Input Catalog: youtu.be/rU3fas8NFHY?... Soundtrack produced with my dear friend Achim Rust in an overnight synthesizer session.

🆕☄️ The wait is over. Back in November 2025, our Juice mission observed Comet 3I/ATLAS with five science instruments. The data have arrived back on Earth, and scientists are delving in. Here are five things they've already discovered 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 1/6

Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS

‘Extreme but not exotic,’ – a glimpse at Comet 3I/ATLAS through the eyes of the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice).

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UKSP is present on different social media channels to increase the visibility of its news items, and we are now also on Mastodon In the last seven months, we have been trying to make UKSP news items reachable across different platforms in order to increase visibility. The UKSP website receives…

Are you looking for a PhD position in the field of experimental planetary science? Do you have a background in Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, or Earth and Planetary Sciences in general? The ERC Starting Grant group ELMO led by Christian Renggli @bsky.app.profile.renggli.bsky.social is […]