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The Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA) aims to promote the study and the research in the fields of astrophysics and astronomy, to develop in Switzerland mutual information and collaboration between astronomers and to support their joint scientific efforts.

Image: ESO

MERAC Awards 2018

Second Call

Japanese Hayabusa 2 space mission: exploration of the C-type asteroid Ryugu
Martin JUTZI, University of Bern

The Chemistry of the Multiple Populations
Carmela LARDO, EPFL

Revealing thermospheres of exoplanets via atmospheric retrieval
Julia Victoria SEIDEL, University of Geneva

First estimate for the true occurrence rate for planets around ultracool stars, including for earth-like rocky planets such as TRAPPIST-1
Marko SESTOVIC, University of Bern

First Call

Atmospheric escape from the closest Super-­Earth
Baptiste LAVIE, University of Geneva

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics in Exoplanets
Shang-Min TSAI, University of Bern