Home tagpages Solar and Stellar Variabilities Superflares once per Century December 12, 2024 More often than previously thought, sun-like stars hurl huge amounts of radiation into space. The Sun, too, is capable of such outbursts. more ERC Synergy Grant for research project REVEAL October 26, 2023 In the search for life-friendly exoplanets, researchers from Germany, the UK and the USA join forces in a pioneering research project. more Metal-poor stars are more life-friendly April 18, 2023 A star’s chemical composition strongly influences the ultraviolet radiation it emits into space and thus the conditions for the emergence of life in its neighbourhood. more Tackling Brightness Variations of Stubborn Stars November 06, 2020 Eliana Amazo Gómez receives her doctorate as the 200th graduate of the “Solar System School”. more Starspots: Revving up the Variability of Solar-like Stars September 22, 2020 Starspot regions occurring preferentially in large clusters could be the cause of the strong brightness fluctuations of solar-like stars. more Show more