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mpsgoettingen, 13 days ago to random

We can’t get enough of these colors! Here are a few more shots of last night’s #NorthernLights taken by Natalie Krivova, Oliver Stenzel and others from #mpsgoettingen. Hoping for clear skies tonight! #Aurora #Auroraborealis

Violet and pinkish Northern Lights
Violet Northern Lights behind a dark silhouette of roof tops.
Bright red skies

mpsgoettingen, 13 days ago to random

Beautiful #NorthernLights! Photographed last night in #Goettingen by #MPSGoettingen Director Sami Solanki. Thanks for sharing! #Aurora #Auroraborealis

bright pink northern lights behind black silhouette of a tree

mpsgoettingen, 1 month ago to random

How can #atmospheres of #exoplanets be characterized and what do they tell about their planets? Miriam Rengel from #mpsgoettingen explains in the next talk in our lecture series “Was ist da draußen?” In German. More infos here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/was-ist-da-draussen

mpsgoettingen, 5 months ago to random

Auroras in the Caribbean

The solar storm of February 1872 was exceptionally violent. A recent study provides new insights into the extreme event.

Co-author @damagedonegr re-assures us that "Extreme solar storms only occur very, very rarely"

@mpsgoettingen press release from 7 December 2023: https://www.mps.mpg.de/auroras-in-the-caribbean

Paper DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc6cc

#Aurora #NorthernLights #SolarPhysics

mpsgoettingen, 7 months ago to physics

Earth’s magnetic field is maintained by a dynamo mechanism driven by convection in the liquid iron core. The candidate will perform numerical simulations of the related processes. The project is part of the Special Priority Programm DeepDyn, financed by the German Science Foundation @dfg_public

TVöD-Bund E13 from 1 Nov 2023 for a period of three years

Apply by 15 Oct: https://karriere.mps.mpg.de/jobposting/d6f934d7bc89790e742d5e727a636ddb138974020

#job #physics #earth #FluidMechanics

mpsgoettingen, 10 months ago to Astro

The #MPSGoettingen invites applications for SO/PHI Postdoctoral Positions on #ESA #SolarOrbiter SO/PHI data reduction and exploitation

https://karriere.mps.mpg.de/jobposting/fd137a89fc42731d5d090264b877e26b914f05fe0

#Job #SolarPhysics #Astrodon #MaxPlanck