Nina Kirchner – glaciologist in battle against time
2023-02-23
Tarfala research station is one of the world's most beautiful workplaces, but also one of the most challenging. Nina Kirchner, new director of Tarfala, recently returned from the spring fieldwork season. Now, the next phase will begin, in which the research data is analysed.
Webb gets ready to study rocky worlds
2022-05-26
In a couple of weeks the Webb space telescope will commence its science operations. Among the planned observations for the first year are studies of lava planets, where Alexis Brandeker from the Department of Astronomy leads one of the programmes.