We are international leaders in analysing extrasolar planetary data obtained with space telescopes. We are developing a holistic modelling approach for different planets and exoplanets that ...

The institute studies the planets, moons and small bodies (asteroids and comets) of our Solar System as well as extrasolar planetary systems. It bundles the necessary scientific and technical ...

Trappist-1 b is one of seven rocky planets orbiting the star Trappist-1, located 40 light-years away. The planetary system is unique because it allows astronomers to study seven Earth-like planets ...

If astrobiologists are ever going to detect life beyond our solar system ... even nearby earth-like planets are extremely difficult to detect. As a result, most of the extrasolar planets thus ...

In contrast, Venus-like planets on the inner edge of extrasolar habitable zones are ... posits that planets on the inner edge of a solar system’s habitable zone might remain habitable for ...

As shocking as it sounds today, prior to the 1990s, scientists couldn't be certain that stars beyond the sun also had planets orbiting them. Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet ...