L. Nortmann, A. Reiners and S. Dreizler are advertising 3 PhD positions in Exoplanet Science at @unigoettingen in the fields of exoplanet atmospheres, radial velocity measurements, and astronomical instrumentation.

ad: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/en-US/Stellen/StellenDruck/76220

application: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/76220

Deadline to apply is 15 January 2026.

The PhD projects are based on high-resolution spectroscopic observations. The exoplanet atmosphere and radial velocity projects will have access to CARMENES and CRIRES+ data and be embedded in preparation for ELT observations. The project on the radial velocity search for exoplanets will be involved in planning and implementation of the Second Earth and MOSES Spectrographs, and in the PLATO Ground-based observing program. The instrumentation project will focus on calibrating the next generation of high-precision radial velocity spectrographs.

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PhysicsWorld: top ten breakthroughs of the year!

Congratulations to researchers in our Uni’s Institute for Astrophysics and Geophysics! The journal PhysicsWorld has chosen their research “weather map for a gas giant exoplanet” for its best of 2025 list.

Further info: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html?id=8044

For more about the research, see “Glimpse of the weather of a world far away”: https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/891.html?id=7695
Original publication #Astronomy&Astrophysics: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450438

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🚀 Webb just handed us lemons… from space. Astronomers have spotted an exoplanet stretched into a lemon shape by a pulsar’s insane gravity — and its atmosphere is unlike anything we’ve ever seen, dominated by carbon and helium with clouds that might rain diamonds.

📖 Read more on this gifted NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/science/lemon-planet-pulsar-webb.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E8.gi4g.fXQcS6mLJv7y&smid=url-share

#JamesWebb #Exoplanets #Astronomy #SpaceDiscovery #PulsarPlanet #AstroScience #WeGotSpaceLemons 🍋🌌

L. Nortmann, A. Reiners and S. Dreizler are advertising 3 PhD positions in Exoplanet Science at @unigoettingen in the fields of exoplanet atmospheres, radial velocity measurements, and astronomical instrumentation.

ad: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/en-US/Stellen/StellenDruck/76220

application: https://obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/Index/76220

Deadline to apply is 15 January 2026.

The PhD projects are based on high-resolution spectroscopic observations. The exoplanet atmosphere and radial velocity projects will have access to CARMENES and CRIRES+ data and be embedded in preparation for ELT observations. The project on the radial velocity search for exoplanets will be involved in planning and implementation of the Second Earth and MOSES Spectrographs, and in the PLATO Ground-based observing program. The instrumentation project will focus on calibrating the next generation of high-precision radial velocity spectrographs.

#JobAd #PhD #PhDPosition #Goettingen #UniGoettingen #Exoplanets #Spectroscopy #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophysics #GetFediHired

🚀 Webb just handed us lemons… from space. Astronomers have spotted an exoplanet stretched into a lemon shape by a pulsar’s insane gravity — and its atmosphere is unlike anything we’ve ever seen, dominated by carbon and helium with clouds that might rain diamonds.

📖 Read more on this gifted NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/science/lemon-planet-pulsar-webb.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E8.gi4g.fXQcS6mLJv7y&smid=url-share

#JamesWebb #Exoplanets #Astronomy #SpaceDiscovery #PulsarPlanet #AstroScience #WeGotSpaceLemons 🍋🌌