by Ludwig Scheibe | Apr 15, 2025 | All, All about exoplanets, Organisations
by Ludwig Scheibe (TU Berlin), April 2025 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is a non-government organization dedicated to promoting astronomy. It is headquartered in Paris, France and maintains several offices in other countries. Members are mostly...
by Ludwig Scheibe | Apr 2, 2025 | All, All about exoplanets, Organisations
The KESPRINT-consortium is a collaboration of international scientists from ca. 20 institutions all over the world. Its goal is to conduct follow-up observations of exoplanet candidates detected with the TESS and K2 missions. It was formed in 2017 by merging the...
by Ludwig Scheibe | Mar 27, 2025 | All, All about exoplanets, Organisations
This article is currently a work in progress. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is an agency of the US government responsible for aviation and space research. It was established in 1958 and has been a major driver in space exploration. NASA is...
by Tanja Schumann | Feb 27, 2025 | All, All about exoplanets, Observatories and telescopes, Organisations
by Ludwig Scheibe (TU Berlin), March 2025 The European Southern Observatory is a large intergovernmental collaboration of 16 European countries along with the host country Chile and strategic partners. While ESO’s headquarters are in Garching, Germany, it...
by Ludwig Scheibe | Feb 26, 2025 | All, All about exoplanets, Organisations
This is an overview of research institutes in Germany that investigate exoplanets in some way. Note that this is a living and changing list. If you know of institutes missing here, please contact us. Go to city: Berlin, Garching, Göttingen, Heidelberg, Jena, Jülich,...
by Tanja Schumann | Nov 18, 2024 | All, All about exoplanets, Organisations
by Ruth Titz-Weider (DLR), November 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) is an international organisation for exploring space and advancing Europe’s scientific and economical interests there. ESA was founded in 1975 and has 22 member countires. By combining...
