Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 10, 2023 -
In a landmark advancement for lunar science, the University of Bern, a beacon in space research since the Apollo era, is poised to make history once more with its latest instrument, LIMS (Laser Abla
Bern scientists hope to find the building blocks of life in space
The Unversity of Bern s ORIGIN mass spectrometer swissinfo.ch / Christian Raaflaub
Andreas Riedo and Niels Ligterink are on a mission. The two Bern-based scientists hope to find life in space using a state-of-the art instrument known as ORIGIN that may be used on future space missions to Jupiter and Saturn.
This content was published on April 10, 2021 - 14:00
April 10, 2021 - 14:00
Christian Raaflaub
“From a purely statistical perspective it’s impossible that we are alone in the universe,” declares Andreas Riedo, a professor at the University of Bern’s Space Research and Planetary Sciences department.
Humans on Mars: possible, or a pipe dream?
Space missions with drones, discovery of extraterrestrial life, people on Mars. It s not science fiction, but scenarios that are becoming more and more realistic.
This content was published on April 9, 2021 - 09:00
April 9, 2021 - 09:00
Mars the Red Planet, the intriguing. Mars the mysterious, the inhospitable. Mars the living and the dead. With its vermillion arc across the skies, the dry planet has fascinated humans since ancient times. Its reddish colour, caused by the iron oxide in which its rocky surface is rich, had already amazed the ancient Egyptians, who associated it with the God Horus. In Greek and Latin mythology, Mars is the God of war, but he is also regarded as the planet that embodies the life force of nature, paired with Venus, the goddess of beauty, in a constant opposition between love (i.e. life) and death that still characterises him today.