7. pH-Wert des Mars

May 21, 2024

7. pH-Wert des Mars

In dieser Lektion befassen wir uns mit dem pH-Wert bestimmter Umgebungen auf dem Mars und damit, wie sich dies auf seine potenzielle Bewohnbarkeit auswirken kann.

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Übersicht

Altersgruppe:

10-14

Benötigte Ausrüstung:

Computer
Projektor

Zeit der Lektion:

45 Minuten (einschließlich 1 Video)

Behandelte Themen:

Chemie (pH)
Biologie (Leben in Extremen)
Astronomie (Mars-Oberflächenbedingungen).

Lernergebnisse:

Gliederung der Aktivität: Verstehen, wie der pH-Wert des Mars die Bewohnbarkeit des Roten Planeten beeinflussen kann.

Nach Abschluss dieser Aktivität können die SchülerInnen:

Verstehen der pH-Skala.
Beschreiben Sie, wie Faktoren auf dem Mars den pH-Wert beeinflussen können.
Diskutieren Sie, wie der pH-Wert die Bewohnbarkeit beeinflusst.

Hintergrundmaterial:

Was ist der pH-Wert?

Aber bevor wir auf die Auswirkungen des pH-Werts eingehen, kann uns jemand erklären, was mit pH-Wert gemeint ist?

(Antworten nehmen)Mit dem pH-Wert messen wir den Säuregrad und die Alkalität. Basen und Säuren werden als chemische Gegensätze betrachtet, da die Wirkung einer Säure darin besteht, die Hydroniumkonzentration (H O₃⁺ ) im Wasser zu erhöhen, während Basen diese Konzentration verringern. Eine Reaktion zwischen wässrigen Lösungen einer Säure und einer Base wird als Neutralisation bezeichnet, wobei eine Lösung aus Wasser und einem Salz entsteht, in der sich das Salz in seine einzelnen Ionen aufspaltet. Wenn die wässrige Lösung mit einem bestimmten gelösten Salz gesättigt ist, fällt jedes weitere Salz aus der Lösung aus.

pH-Skala

Der pH-Wert wird in der Regel anhand der pH-Skala gemessen. Verbindungen mit niedrigem pH-Wert sind sauer, was von einer starken Säure bei pH 1 bis zu einer schwachen Säure bei pH 6 reicht. pH 7 gilt als neutral und ein pH-Wert darüber ist basisch, von pH 8 bis 14.

Diskutieren Sie, wie Ihrer Meinung nach der pH-Wert auf dem Mars sein könnte?

Jetzt, da Sie einige Hintergrundinformationen haben, was würden Sie erwarten, dass der durchschnittliche pH-Wert auf dem Mars ist?

(Antworten nehmen)

Wie können wir den pH-Wert feststellen?

Um dies zu wissen, müssen wir zunächst in der Lage sein, den pH-Wert zu bestimmen. Wie können wir das tun?

(Antworten nehmen)

pH-Skalen sind oft farbig. Dies ist auf die übliche Verwendung einer Lösung zurückzuführen, die Universalindikator genannt wird und zur Anzeige des pH-Werts ihre Farbe ändert. Bei Anwesenheit einer Säure färbt er sich rot, bei neutralem pH-Wert wird die Lösung grün und bei Anwesenheit einer Base tiefblau/violett. Es gibt jedoch auch andere Indikatoren wie Phenolphthalein, das sich in Gegenwart einer Base rosa färbt und bei einer Säure keine Farbänderung zeigt. pH-Indikatoren finden sich sogar häufig in der Küche – wie der Saft eines Rotkohls, der sich in Gegenwart einer Base blau-grün und bei einer Säure rosa färbt.

Video: Erkennung des pH-Wertes

Hier haben wir ein Video, das den Farbwechsel einer Lösung bei Verwendung eines Universalindikators zeigt:

Hintergrundinformationen zum Video: In diesem Video wird eine Lösung von schwach konzentriertem Natriumhydroxid (NaOH) gezeigt. Universalindikatorlösung wird hinzugefügt, die die Lösung violett färbt. Anschließend wird eine 5%ige Essigsäurelösung in Form von handelsüblichem weißem Kochessig zugegeben. Die Lösung mit dem Universalindikator färbt sich rot.

Was ist passiert? Warum?

Bitte diskutieren Sie in Gruppen, was Sie in diesem Video beobachtet haben. Warum, glaubt ihr, ist das passiert?

(Zeit für Gruppendiskussion einplanen)

(Antworten nehmen)

Rio Tinto Fluss

Es gibt auf der Erde Gebiete mit extremen pH-Werten. Ein solcher Ort ist der Fluss Rio Tinto in Spanien. Der pH-Wert des Rio Tinto erreicht in einigen Bereichen des Flusses einen Wert von bis zu 2,3, was zeigt, dass diese Umgebung sehr sauer ist. Dieser niedrige pH-Wert wird durch Wechselwirkungen zwischen Gestein und Mikroorganismen im Fluss verursacht, die als Gesteins-Wasser-Biologie-Wechselwirkungen bekannt sind. Dies führt dazu, dass große Mengen an Verbindungen wie Schwefelsäure, Sulfate und Eisen(III)-Eisen im Flusswasser vorhanden sind. Letzteres verleiht dem Rio Tinto seine charakteristische rote Färbung.

In dieser extremen Umgebung wurden sowohl eukaryotische als auch prokaryotische Organismen beobachtet, die unter den sauren Bedingungen gedeihen. Daher ist der Rio Tinto ein analoges Planetenfeld, das uns Aufschluss über die Aussichten auf Leben in extremen Umgebungen anderswo im Sonnensystem geben kann.

Wie wirkt sich CO₂ auf den pH-Wert aus?

Zurück zum Mars: Die Marsatmosphäre besteht hauptsächlich aus Kohlendioxid, und an den Polen des Mars gibt es große Ablagerungen von festem Kohlendioxid.

Welche Auswirkung hat Kohlendioxid Ihrer Meinung nach auf den pH-Wert? Bitte diskutieren Sie in Gruppen.

(Zeit für Gruppendiskussion einplanen)

(Antworten nehmen)

Wenn Kohlendioxid in Wasser gelöst wird, entsteht Kohlensäure, die den pH-Wert auf dem Mars senkt. Kohlensäure ist etwas, dem viele Menschen täglich in Form von kohlensäurehaltigen Getränken begegnen. Wenn Sie jemals einen merkwürdigen Nachgeschmack in kohlensäurehaltigem Wasser bemerkt haben, ist dies auf das Vorhandensein von Kohlensäure zurückzuführen. Einer der Gründe, warum bei der Entwicklung von kohlensäurehaltigen Getränken so viel Zucker verwendet wird, besteht darin, genau diesen Geschmack zu überdecken.

Wie könnte sich dies auf die Bewohnbarkeit auswirken?

Wie würde sich Ihrer Meinung nach das Vorhandensein von Kohlensäure auf die mögliche Bewohnbarkeit des Mars auswirken? Bitte diskutieren Sie in Gruppen.

(Zeit für Gruppendiskussion einplanen)

(Antworten nehmen)

Rückblick

Nach dieser Lektion sollten die Schüler in der Lage sein, diese Fragen zu beantworten:

Was zeigt eine pH-Skala an?
Welche Faktoren auf dem Mars (früher oder heute) könnten den pH-Wert beeinflussen?
Wie könnte sich der pH-Wert auf die Bewohnbarkeit des Mars auswirken?

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6. Verdampfung und Aggregatzustände der Materie

May 20, 2024

6. Verdampfung und Aggregatzustände der Materie

In dieser Lektion befassen wir uns mit der Entwicklung von Salzschichten und dem Potenzial für ihre Bewohnbarkeit.

Übersicht

Altersgruppe:

10-14

Benötigte Ausrüstung:

Computer
Projektor

Zeit der Lektion:

45 Minuten (einschließlich 1 Video)

Behandelte Themen:

Chemie (Zustände der Materie)
Biologie (Leben in Extremen)
Astronomie (Mars-Oberflächenbedingungen).

Lernergebnisse:

Gliederung der Aktivität: Verstehen Sie die Entstehung von Salzpfannen durch den Mechanismus der Verdunstung.

Nach Abschluss dieser Aktivität können die SchülerInnen:

Verdunstung kritisch prüfen
Zustände der Materie verstehen
Beschreiben Sie, wie sich Salzgehalt und Austrocknung auf die Bewohnbarkeit einer Umgebung auswirken.

Hintergrundmaterial:

Verdunstung

Zunächst einmal müssen wir uns mit der Verdunstung befassen. Kann jemand erklären, was mit Verdunstung gemeint ist?

(Antworten nehmen)

Verdampfung ist der Prozess, bei dem eine Flüssigkeit von einem flüssigen in einen gasförmigen Zustand übergeht. Dies kann viele Formen annehmen – das häufigste Beispiel ist ein Prozess, der oft als Lufttrocknung bezeichnet wird. Dies geschieht dadurch, dass Flüssigkeitsmoleküle an der Oberfläche in einen Dampf entweichen. Ein weiteres Beispiel ist das Sieden, das auftritt, wenn die Temperatur einer Flüssigkeit ihren Siedepunkt überschreitet (im Falle von Wasser ist dies 100 ⁰C). Wenn Wasser die Temperatur von 100 ⁰C überschreitet, wird es zu Dampf. Entgegen der landläufigen Meinung ist Dampf unsichtbar, und die Wolken, die man über kochendem Wasser sehen kann, sind in Wirklichkeit Dampf oder Wasserdampf, der wieder zu Tröpfchen flüssigen Wassers kondensiert.

Aggregatzustände der Materie

Wir haben bereits über die Idee der Materiezustände gesprochen, aber kann jemand erklären, was die Materiezustände sind?

(Antworten nehmen)

Ein fester Zustand behält seine Form bei. Seine Moleküle sind viel stärker strukturiert und haben nicht die verfügbare Energie, um sich frei zu bewegen. Bei den meisten Verbindungen ist ihre feste Form die dichteste Form. Es gibt jedoch Ausnahmen von dieser Regel, z. B. Eis, das eine geringere Dichte hat als flüssiges Wasser. Dies ist auf seine molekulare Struktur als Festkörper zurückzuführen.

Wenn eine Verbindung mehr Energie erhält und schmilzt, haben wir die flüssige Form einer Verbindung. Eine Flüssigkeit ist ein Fluid, das heißt, sie kann fließen und die Form ihres Behälters annehmen. Einige Flüssigkeiten können recht instabil sein, sie verdampfen leicht oder benötigen sogar einen hohen Druck, um sich überhaupt zu bilden, wie z. B. Kohlendioxid. Wenn ein Feststoff wie Kohlendioxid unter normalem Erddruck von einem Feststoff zu einem Gas wird, spricht man von Sublimation. Der letzte Aggregatzustand, der im Rahmen dieser Lektion behandelt wird, ist, wie bereits erwähnt, Gas. Gase sind wie Flüssigkeiten flüssig und füllen je nach ihrer Dichte den gesamten verfügbaren Raum aus.

Makgadikgadi Salzpfannen und Formation

Auf diesem Foto sehen wir die Makgadikgadi-Salzpfannen in Botswana. Dies ist eine riesige Salzfläche, die für die Erforschung der Mikrobiologie in Gebieten mit hohem Salzgehalt sehr wertvoll geworden ist.

Diskutieren Sie, wie diese Umgebung entstanden ist

Diskutieren Sie in Gruppen, wie diese Umgebung entstanden sein könnte.

(Zeit für Gruppendiskussion einplanen)

(Antworten nehmen)

Video: Wie geschieht das?

Hier haben wir ein Video, das zeigt, wie sich eine Umgebung wie die Makgadikgadi Salzpfannen gebildet haben könnte.

Hintergrundinformationen zum Video: In diesem Video haben wir eine gesättigte Lösung von Natriumchlorid (NaCl). Wenn das Wasser weggekocht wird, wird die Lösung übersättigt. Bei weiterer Verdampfung wird sie übersättigt und das Natriumchlorid fällt aus der Lösung aus. Das Natriumchlorid hat eine viel höhere Dichte als der Wasserdampf und liegt deutlich unter seinem Schmelzpunkt, geschweige denn unter seinem Siedepunkt. Wenn also das Wasser verdampft, bleiben die dichteren festen Verbindungen wie das Natriumchlorid zurück.

Glaubst du, dass dort Leben überleben kann?

Bitte diskutieren Sie in Gruppen, ob Sie glauben, dass Leben in einer Umgebung mit so hohem Salzgehalt überleben kann.

(Zeit für Gruppendiskussion einplanen)

(Antworten nehmen)

Salz- und austrocknungstolerante Bakterien

Austrocknung (ein Zustand extremer Trockenheit) ist eine häufige Belastung, der Bakterien in der natürlichen Umgebung ausgesetzt sind. Daher haben sie eine Vielzahl von Schutzmechanismen entwickelt, um die durch den Wasserverlust verursachten Schäden abzumildern. Einige Arten haben Mechanismen entwickelt, die entweder dazu beitragen, anfällige Zellbestandteile vor Schäden zu schützen, oder die Wasser sequestrieren, um eine Dehydrierung zu vermeiden. Zu diesen Mechanismen gehören die Veränderung der Membranzusammensetzung oder die Modifikation von Lipopolysacchariden, um die Membranen während des Austrocknens zu stabilisieren, sowie die Anhäufung von kompatiblen gelösten Stoffen wie Trehalose, die Zytoplasma- und Membranbestandteile schützen können. Dies hat einige zu der Annahme veranlasst, dass Leben in extremen Umgebungen wie dem hohen Salzgehalt auf dem Mars überleben könnte.

Rückblick

Nach dieser Lektion sollten die Schüler in der Lage sein, diese Fragen zu beantworten:

Was sind die verschiedenen Zustände der Materie?
Können Sie das Konzept der Verdunstung erklären?
Wie könnten Salz und Austrocknung die Bewohnbarkeit des Mars beeinflussen?

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Europlanet Swiss Space Area at Fantasy Basel

May 14, 2024

Europlanet Joins Swiss Space Area at Fantasy Basel

The space area at the 2024 edition of FANTASY BASEL, the Swiss Comic Con, had an exhibition and hands-on activities led by the Swiss Space Museum and its partners, including the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS and colleagues from Europlanet.

This year, we asked again the important question: what do you think a comet smells like? Over the three days, we collected 328 creative responses to this question, and talked to up to 10,000 attendees on the stand overall.

Responses ranged from :

Acacia honey
Fresh rain
A dusty cellar
Dirt mixed with water
Toilet cleaner
Flowers
Urine
A mossy cave
Old socks
Burned rock with caramel
Waste with mint
Incense and sandalwood
Holy somke1
Bergamot
Stone dust
Skunk
Sulfur and rose
Fizzer sweets
My cat after it went under the dusty bed
Out of this world 😉
Vick’s Vapo-Rub
Rotten dust / feet
Menthol
Sandalwood
Foul eggs
Esoteric store
Tiger balm
Chalk
The zoo

and many more!

Many thanks to the organisers for a fantastic event!

Europlanet Transnational Access on Show at ATOMKI-Hosted Workshop

May 7, 2024

Europlanet Transnational Access on Show at ATOMKI-Hosted Workshop

The HUN-REN Nuclear Research Institute (ATOMKI) recently hosted a two-day workshop on Radiation-Driven Chemistry in Astrophysics and Planetary Science. Around 45 international participants attended and discussed developments in astrochemistry and present the latest results of research. The first day finished with a round-table discussion on some of the challenges and opportunities for the astrochemistry community

Several presentations over the two days featured work carried out through the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) Transnational Access programme in the ATOMKI laboratories.

Participants were given tours of both ATOMKI facilities offered fro (TA) through Europlanet, the Atomki Ice Chamber for Astrophysics/Astrochemistry (ICA) and the Atomki ECRIS Laboratory: Atomki-Queen’s University Ice Laboratory for Astrochemistry (AQUILA).

Find out more about the workshop.

Find out more about how the ATOMKI facilities have been developed through support from the Europlanet 2024 RI project.

Report from the Radiation-Driven Chemistry in Astrophysics and Planetary Science Workshop

(Reposted in English from the original on the ATOMKI website, with thanks to ATOMKI and the workshop organising committee.)

The HUN-REN Nuclear Research Institute (ATOMKI) recently hosted specialists researching chemical processes in outer space. The aim of the two-day event called Radiation-Driven Chemistry in Astrophysics and Planetary Science Workshop was to review the development directions of astrochemistry and to present the latest results of measurements carried out in the ATOMKI laboratories in the framework of international collaborations.

The starry sky is magical and enchanting. Humanity has been preoccupied with the regularities observed in the movement of celestial objects since its inception. In addition to observing with the naked eye, thanks to the development of technical devices, we first used binoculars and then spectroscopic (spectroscopic) methods to spy on the sky. And the space tools launched into outer space expanded our horizons and our possibilities explosively. Today, many disciplines deal with the study of our remote environment.

Astrophysics – hand in hand with astronomy – deals with the origin, history and structure of the world, the creation of chemical elements, and nuclear physical processes taking place in stars. Nuclear astrophysics research is largely carried out with the help of particle accelerators, where nuclear physics reactions are created, modeling the processes taking place in stars.

Astrochemistry studies the chemical processes taking place in outer space. How do more complex molecules form in the cradles of stars, in these very cold and distant molecular clouds, in the thin layers of ice containing atoms and smaller molecules deposited on the particles of cosmic dust? What chemical transformations take place on the surface and atmosphere of planets, moons, comets, and asteroids?

According to research, it is becoming more and more obvious that cosmic radiation and the high-energy particles emitted by stars, such as photons, ions and electrons, play a decisive role in these chemical processes. Their flow is called the stellar wind or, in the case of the Sun, the solar wind.

With the help of instruments on the ground and in space, we can also determine the chemical composition of very distant celestial bodies and nebulae. Among the hundreds of molecules detected in outer space, you can find the building blocks of living organisms, as well as larger organic molecules. Astrobiology deals with the study of the processes leading to the creation of life.

Molecules in the distant regions of outer space can be identified with the help of space telescopes (such as the James Webb Space Telescope) that use the method of radio astronomy and spectrum analysis in the infrared range (spectroscopy), and thus learn something about the chemical processes taking place there. In the closer places, within the Solar System, the probes of the space missions perform direct sampling and measurements.

However, in order to interpret the data, it is necessary to model the effect of cosmic radiation, the stellar wind, and the solar wind on molecules and thus on chemical processes here on Earth in laboratory conditions. Most of the processes taking place in the Solar System can be modeled with the help of high-energy ions and electrons created by ATOMKI’s particle accelerator equipment, ion and electron sources. Dozens of foreign groups come to the institute every year to take advantage of the facilities offered by the equipment.

With the particle beam, ices of a special composition are irradiated, such as are found on the surface of icy celestial bodies in our Solar System. Chemical changes are followed by infrared spectroscopic methods. In the research in this direction at the institute, the focus of attention is currently on the experimental modeling of the processes taking place on the icy moons of the planet Jupiter. With these experiments, ATOMKI supports the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission of the European Space Agency (ESA).

April 25-26, 2024. The two-day meeting that took place between The majority of the 43 participating researchers came from Europe and America. The cooperating partners reported on the results of their measurements carried out in the laboratories of ATOMKI. The leading researchers of the profession analyzed the directions of the development of astrochemistry and reviewed the opportunities and challenges that arise in relation to astrochemistry in the fields of space research, space industry and climate research. The experts visited ATOMKI’s particle accelerator equipment and laboratories, where research conducted in international cooperation can continue in the future.

1st Planetary Science Workshop in Bolivia

February 8, 2024

1st Planetary Science Workshop in Bolivia

The first planetary science workshop in Bolivia is underway! The workshop is being held over four days at the Institute for Geological and Environmental Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Geologicas y del Medio Ambiente UMSA) in La Paz, Bolivia. It is part of the Europlanet Workshop Series, organised by the Global Collaboration and Integration Task of the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) project.

The purpose of the workshop is to provide tools for the processing and mapping of planetary surfaces, exploring different planets and analogous environments in Bolivia and Latin America.

Catch up on YouTube:

1st Planetary Science Workshop in Bolivia.

This workshop is supported through the Europlanet 2024 RI project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149.

Europlanet at Space Tech Expo Europe

November 23, 2023

Europlanet at Space Tech Expo Europe

The Europlanet Society participated for the first time in the Space Tech Expo Europe, which took place in Germany (Bremen) between 14-16 November 2023. Attending the event provided an opportunity not only to strengthen the Society’s presence on the European space scene, but also to highlight its commitment to innovation and technological development in the planetary exploration sector.

Europlanet stand at Space Tech Expo Europe. Credit: D Moreau

During the event, Europlanet organized eleven business-to-business sessions, and eighty-one presentations at the stand to share know-how with participants. The Society also took the opportunity to unveil its new sustainability project (Europlanet Association), as well as to showcase its achievements, share knowledge and establish strategic partnerships with other key players in the space industry.

Europlanet’s presence at the Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen was a great success, highlighting the society’s continued commitment to planetology exploration, exploitation and space innovation. This participation marks the start of a new era for Europlanet, opening the way to new opportunities, partnerships and achievements in the field of European planetology exploration and beyond.

1st Europlanet Latin America Planetary Science Workshop

August 21, 2023

1st Europlanet Latin America Planetary Science Workshop: Connecting Earth with Other Planets

The next event in the Europlanet Workshop Series will be the 1st Europlanet Latin America Planetary Science Workshop, which will take place from 31 October-03 November 2023 at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The workshop will be held in the hybrid mode.

Who is for?

Post-graduated students, researchers, early career and professionals interested in planetary science, planetary surface and astrobiology.

Programme

The programme for the workshop can be found here.

Fee

The workshop is free of charge but places are limited!

Registration

Registration opens on 01/08/2023 and closes on 27/09/2023. It is compulsory and must be accompanied by a letter of interest and a brief curriculum vitae (max 1 page). You will receive via email confirmation of your acceptance. Participation in the workshop includes all coffee and lunch breaks.

Number of participants

35 people will be admitted in-person and up to 100 online.

Language

English or Spanish

Deliverables

Attendees (both in-person and online) will be issued, on request, with a certificate of attendance. The materials of topics presented at the 1st Latin America Planetary Science Workshop – Connecting Earth with other Planets will be available.

More about the Europlanet Workshop Series

More about Europlanet Global Collaboration and Integration Development

Europlanet Summer School 2023 is Underway

August 10, 2023

Europlanet Summer School 2023 is Underway

The Europlanet Summer School 2023 is being hosted by Vilnius University’s Moletai Astronomical Observatory (MAO) in Lithuania from 8-18 August.

For the first time, the School is taking place in hybrid format, with 20 participants from 10 countries attending on site and up to 30 people following online. The participants include early careers (right the way from high-school to BSc, MSc, PhD and postdoc) and amateur astronomers.

During the School, participants will gain hands-on experience observing with MAO’s 1.65m and 35/51cm-telescopes (weather permitting!) and training in analysing exoplanet transits, stellar spectra, atmospheric parameters and variability data. The programme includes training modules in communication skills and engaging with schools, as well as lectures on space and ground-based observations and machine learning.

Deividas Dudulis (high-school student and astrophotographer), who is participating in the Summer School, will be posting photos here.

Tour of Molėtai Astronomical Observatory 1.65 m telescope. Credit: Deividas Dudulis

Tour of Molėtai Astronomical Observatory 1.65 m telescope. Credit: Deividas Dudulis

Get Ready for ERIM 2023!

June 16, 2023

Get Ready for ERIM 2023!

The first Europlanet Research Infrastructure Meeting (ERIM), co-hosted with the 5th Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) Annual Week, will take place next week (19-23 June 2023) in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Almost 150 people will join in person, with a further 130 people registered to participate online.

If you will be joining us for ERIM 2023 and EPEC Annual Week, here are some final updates and reminders.

The Whova app is your online portal for ERIM and EPEC Annual Week 2023. Use the app to access sessions remotely, receive updates to the programme and other notices, and join discussions. It’s also a great place for networking with other ERIM participants. If you haven’t already done so, please download the Whova mobile app or access it from the desktop web platform. Add sessions to your personal agenda to help us ensure appropriate room allocations and keep the meeting running smoothly.

Remote participation: In the Whova app, click on ‘Agenda’ and then choose the session you want to join. The window for the live stream will open 10 minutes before the scheduled start of the session to enable speakers and panellists to test their audio/video and screen-sharing settings. The link is the same for speakers and general attendees. All attendees will be muted when they enter the WebEx livestream. You can request to be unmuted by using the ‘raise hand’ function or asking through the chat. Guidelines and tutorials for participants and speakers are available on the ERIM 2023 website.

Incident reporting: ERIM 2023 and EPEC Annual Week are committed to providing a safe, welcoming and inclusive experience for participants. In registering for ERIM and EPEC Annual Week 2023, physical and virtual participants have accepted that they are bound by the Code of Conduct for Europlanet 2024 RI. If you observe or experience behaviour that is in breach of the Code of Conduct and wish to file a report, please use the incident reporting form.

Quiet room: We will provide access to a quiet room within the Hotel Sorea for any on-site participant that may have need of a space to pray, breastfeed or simply have a moment of silence. We will advertise the location of this room daily on the Whova app Community Board and on the ERIM Notices Board in the lobby of the Hotel Sorea.

Social event and excursion:There are still some tickets available for the social event dinner (€30) on Wednesday 21 June at the Parlament Restaurant, which has panoramic views of the castle and Danube. Some places are also available on the bus for the excursion to Comenuis University Astronomical Observatory (10€) on Thursday 22 June. To sign up for either or both of these events, register now.
Public transport: Participants can get to the Hotel Sorea by bus or tram (the nearest stop is Kráľovské údolie). Hotel Družba and Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University (FMFI UK), are at bus/tram stop Botanická záhrada. More details on travel and local information are available on the ERIM website.
Changes to your plans:If your travel plans change or you want to change your participation from in-person to hybrid (or vice versa) please let us know so that we can keep the venue up to date with numbers.
Europlanet Challenges: An objective of the meeting will be to brainstorm action plans for 10 challenges related to the sustainability of Europlanet. On Monday, we will ask all participants to join one of 10 topical teams that will focus on each of the challenges. Look out for discussion threads on the Community Board where you can get involved.

Rocks from Space and Planetary Defence Workshop in Morocco

April 27, 2023

Rocks from Space and Planetary Defence Workshop in Morocco

Rocks from Space and Planetary Defence, the third in a Europlanet Series of workshops is taking place this week from 25-28 April 2023 at the Hôtel Club Val d’Anfa in Casablanca, Morocco, and online.

25 students have been taking part on site and a further 33 students have followed the workshop virtually.

A full report will follow in the coming weeks.

Announcement of Europlanet Summer School 2023

April 14, 2023

Announcement of Europlanet Summer School 2023

Europlanet 2024-RI and the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory (ITPA VU) are pleased to announce the international research summer school “Space missions: ground-based observations and science communication“ (hybrid school, August 8 – 18, 2023). The aim of the course is to give participants a thorough, multidisciplinary introduction into space missions and the ground-based observations required by space missions before and after launch, as well as an introduction to science communication. More general subjects about specific space missions (TESS, JWST, PLATO…), planetary systems, habitability of planets, photometric and spectroscopic techniques will be presented. Participants will be given some hands-on experience with analysis of stellar chemical composition, detection of stellar variability and/or exoplanets using the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory telescopes (CCD photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy). In addition, the course will give participants the opportunity to develop comprehensive theoretical and practical skills in science communication and engaging with a range of lay audiences, including the public, media, policy makers, schools and educators. The course is open to PhD and master students, early career scientists, and amateur astronomers.

Activities of professional astronomers and amateur astronomers will be merged in order to achieve more understanding between groups. The level of the school is orientated to PhD students and early career scientists, however amateur astronomers will be provided with the additional scientific support during lectures and observations.

For selected* participants from the European Economic Area (EEA) and one or two participants from countries outside EEA the participation will be fully covered and up to €360,- for travel depending on the distance travelled will be reimbursed by Europlanet 2024-RI.
Other selected participants will have to pay a participation fee of 600 EUR that includes accomodation, meals, excursions and local transportation.

For more information and registration on the website http://mao.tfai.vu.lt/europlanet2023/.

The school is organised by the European Commission HORIZON 2020 project EUROPLANET 2024 Research Infrastructure. Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 871149.

The deadline for application is 8 June 2023 23:59:00 UTC.

Notifications of acceptance by 1 July 2023 23:59:00 UTC.

* More information concerning the reimbursement will be provided for the selected participants personally.

ERIM / EPEC Annual Week 2023 – Registration Now Open

March 31, 2023

Europlanet Research Infrastructure Meeting (ERIM)/Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) Annual Week 2023 – Registration Now Open

The first Europlanet Research Infrastructure Meeting (ERIM), co-hosted with the fifth Europlanet Early Career (EPEC) Annual Week, will take place from 19-23 June 2023 in hybrid format at the Hotel Sorea / Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia and online.

Registration is free and accommodation and travel support is available for participants.

Registration is now open.

Deadline for on-site registration: 19 May 2023

Deadline for virtual registration: 16 June 2023

About ERIM

ERIM is a new kind of meeting to support European planetary science and associated communities. The format of ERIM 2023 is a series of interactive workshops related to the activities of the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) project, research infrastructures in general, and the Europlanet Society. The meeting will be co-hosted with EPEC Annual Week 2023, the training school for the Europlanet Early Career Network.

How will it Work?

Workshops will be organised under a series of programme tracks. You can dip in and out of programme tracks, workshops and even sessions during the week. The aim is to make new connections, brainstorm ideas, develop synergies, increase opportunities for collaboration and help us build a strong, thriving, sustainable community for planetary science in Europe.

You don’t have to be a member of the Europlanet Society or the Europlanet 2024 RI project to participate in ERIM. We are looking for new people to engage with Europlanet, so everyone is welcome. However, we will be offering free accommodation and travel grants to a limited number (~150) of participants. If we are over-subscribed in requests for support, priority will be given to Europlanet Society members. (Find out about other benefits of joining the Europlanet Society).

Programme

Many different topics will be covered within the ERIM programme tracks and workshops, including:

Europlanet Telescope Network Science Workshop
Regional Hubs
Diversity and Inclusion
Outreach
Industry and Policy
Sustainability and ecological footprint of the planetary science community
Europlanet VA Services (including the VESPA Virtual Observatory for planetary data, SPIDER Space Weather Services, GMAP Geological Mapping and Machine Learning)
Research Infrastructures (including Common Challenges and Sustainability for Small and Medium-sized Distributed RIs, and the Europlanet 2024 RI Council Meeting)

For full details of the meeting and registration, see: https://www.europlanet-society.org/erim2023/

If you have any questions, contact us.

We hope to see you in Bratislava!

The ERIM 2023 Organising Committee

4th Europlanet Workshop on Fireballs/Lunar Impact Flashes

March 10, 2023

4th Europlanet Workshop on Fireballs/Lunar Impact Flashes

12-13 May 2023, online.

Convened by: Manuel Scherf (Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences), Günter Kargl (Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Detlef Koschny (Technical University of Munich, Germany).

In cooperation with the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI), a series of four workshops bringing together different networks of fireball observers and machine-learning experts were being arranged over the last two years. This series is aimed at: i) the development of a common data format and/or common entry point to the observational data of the different fireballs networks, ii) getting the community for observing lunar impact flashes together, and iii) machine-learning science cases for meteor observations.

Programme

Workshop Resources

The fourth workshop in this series will be a logical continuation of the previous workshops. The main topics will be:

An update on machine-learning activities related to meteors
Presenting more fireball observation networks
Continuing the discussion on how to expand the implementation of a common event notification and a data exchange format
Providing updates on the status of lunar impact flash observations and the related detection software.

The workshop will be held purely virtual. Registration will be required to obtain the meeting link.

See details of the first, second and third workshops.

Expert Exchange: The Travelling Telescope

February 17, 2023

Expert Exchange: The Travelling Telescope

Europlanet 2024 RI’s Expert Exchange Programme aims to support the planetary community to share expertise and best practice, and to prepare new facilities and services. The programme provides funding for short visits (up to one week).

Colin Clarke of Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, visited Susan Murabana and the Travelling Telescope Team in Kenya from 11 September – 23 October 2022.

The Travelling Telescope is dedicated to promoting science and technology by sharing the wonder of the cosmos with people from all walks of life. The objective of this Expert Exchange project was to provide the Travelling Telescope with assistance from an experienced science communicator, to help the team to grow and reach even more kids and adults.

Colin brought experience in science communication gained at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium and as Secretary of the Trinity Space Society at Trinity college, Dublin. During the visit, he experienced the full range of the work that the Travelling Telescope engages in, and assisted them in every aspect of their enterprise. Throughout the Exchange, he shared his experience in science communication, data science and event organisation, as well as his technical background in astrophotography and stargazing using powerful telescopes.

During the visit, Colin:

Helped with the running of shows in the Nairobi Planetarium, enabling the length of the shows to be increased for the visitors, while the workload for the planetarium operator was halved.
Assisted with the Travelling Telescope’s schools’ programme of night-time stargazing sessions and day time sessions in the inflatable planetarium.
Gave classes on science, astronomy and music at Pembroke House, a British boarding school in Gilgil.
Supported the Travelling Telescope in the lead up, observation, and aftermath of NASA’s DART mission, converting the format of data collected to create time-lapses and enhance its quality in post-processing.
Assisted with the cleaning and installation of 2 spare solar panels at the Nairobi Planetarium
Helped with the repair of the mobile, inflatable planetarium.
Took part in the monthly Star Safari experience.

Read the full report from Colin Clarke.

Expert Exchange Objectives covered by this visit: Improvement of Facilities and Infrastructure, Training, Widening Participation from Under-Represented States, Inclusion of Amateur Astronomers, Engagement with Wider Society.

Article in the Europlanet Magazine:

Observing DART with the Travelling Telescope

Find out more about the Europlanet Expert Exchange Programme.

Next Call For Europlanet Expert Exchange Programme

The final call for the Europlanet 2024 RI Expert Exchange Programme closed on Wednesday 17 January 2024. Visits should take place between 1 February and 15 May 2024.

Report on Europlanet Workshop ‘Applications of Earth Observation Satellite Data’

December 24, 2022

Report on Europlanet Workshop ‘Applications of Earth Observation Satellite Data’

This article is a translation of the original article by UNIBO Magazine in Italian, reposted with kind permission.

The second Europlanet 2024 RI Workshop, “Applications of Earth Observation Satellite Data”, coordinated by the University of Bologna and Italian Cultural Institute (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) was held in Addis Ababa at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Ethiopia. The event was sponsored by the Italian Space Agency and the National Institute of Astrophysics.

Space is now an objective of strategic importance for African countries. Africa looks to space as a valuable tool for the support, competitiveness and growth of the continent. Africa’s Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 set out its future objectives to transform it into a strong, resilient and influential actor and partner on the global scene, and to have the right to a share of global common goods: land, oceans and space.

Now, the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure project and its Global Collaboration and Integration Development programme coordinated by Prof. Barbara Cavalazzi of the University of Bologna, aim to address the challenge of creating a network for planetary sciences in Africa at a national and international, favoring intra-African relations.

Recently, 38 participants from all over Ethiopia attended an international workshop in person. The attendees were professionals, researchers and PhD students from the Universities of Addis Ababa, Mezan Tepi, Semera, Wollo, Wolkite, Oda Bultum, but also from the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute, the Space Science and Geospatial Institute, the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, the Ethiopian Forest Development, the Ethiopian Roads Administration, all linked by common interests such as Earth observation, use of satellite images and related applications.

Barbara Cavalazzi explains: “The format I chose for this event was to provide high-quality content, examples of applications, and practical workshops for using the software, with kind support from high-profile instructors (Gabriele Bitelli and Francesca Trevisiol, University of Bologna, Patrizia Sacco, Italian Space Agency, Addisu Gezahegn, Addis Ababa University and Gemechu Fanta Garuma, Space Science and Geospatial Institute). In parallel, times for discussion and sessions were organised for the exchange of ideas on research in the field of Earth observation. Interaction between the participants themselves was encouraged, laying the foundations for the formation of a local community of specialists on the subject. And I can say that we have achieved the goal”.

“We are happy to welcome so many participants to this workshop from all over Ethiopia, in conjunction with the National Space Day celebrations,” says Dr. Semen Kumurzhi, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute. “The initiatives promoted are part of the strategy to relaunch our cultural and integrated programme in this country and represent an important moment of dialogue, in particular with a young generation of local scientists and researchers. These activities will help to raise the profile of our country in Ethiopia in a modern and innovative way. It is an excellent example of collaboration between the University of Bologna and the other national organistions (Embassy of Italy, ASI, INAF), whom I sincerely thank. We hope that the results of these projects lead to medium to long-term partnerships, so that we can support the development of space and planetary science in Ethiopia and Africa for years to come.”

“Earth observation through satellite images represents a fundamental tool for the monitoring and management of the territory. The educational programme of the workshop included theoretical lessons supported by practical sessions with open-source software, providing students with the tools to use remote sensing images to support their own research or professional activity. Possible applications, which emerged as priorities from the participants, included the monitoring of agriculture in the context of food security, the prevention of natural disasters, the monitoring of surface water and drought, together with the other environmental problems that climate change is making increasingly evident,” explain Gabriele Bitelli and Francesca Trevisiol at the end of the workshop.

The workshop, which ended on 16 December, coincided with the second National Space Day, during which the “LOOKING BEYOND/Guardare Oltre” satellite image exhibition (curated by F. Maggia) set up at the IIC was inaugurated. The programme was enriched by a series of workshops “Let’s light up the constellations” held by Dr. Federico Di Giacomo of INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padua, and organized in collaboration with Dr Maura Sandri of INAF and Prof Barbara Cavalazzi, which involved nearly 200 students from the Galileo Galilei Italian school in Addis Ababa.

The second Europlanet Workshop,”Earth Satellite and Data Analyses”.

University of Bologna participation was by Barbara Cavalazzi, Professor in the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, who coordinated the workshop, and Gabriele Bitelli and Francesca Trevisiol, Professor and doctoral student in the Geomatics group of the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, who participated in the initiative. The event was organised with the support of Europlanet 2024 RI, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program (Grant No 871149).

Earth Observation Techniques and Data Analysis – Europlanet WorkshopSeries

September 2, 2022

Earth Observation Techniques and Data Analysis – Europlanet WorkshopSeries

Second workshop

Registration is now open for the workshop ‘Earth Observation Techniques and Data Analysis’, which will take place from 13-16 December 2022 at the Italian Cultural Institute, Belay Zelleke Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Register now before 4 November 2022. The workshop is free of charge but it requires a pre-registration (for practical organisation) which also includes all coffee and lunch breaks.

This second event in the Europlanet WorkshopSeries will bring together space tech specialists, scientists and graduated students to discuss current topics in this rapidly developing space field and especially in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). This workshop format is focusing on content and collaboration, and aims to create an African network in planetary science.

The workshop is open to postgraduate students, researchers and professionals interested in the field Earth Observation. It is an in-person event.

Europlanet WorkshopSeries aims to inspire and encourage planetary science and space technology development across borders in developed and developing countries and across the spectrum of academia, industry and civil society.

Visit the website

Download the brochure.

Europlanet WorkshopSeries is an initiative under the umbrella of the Global Collaboration and Integration Development program of Europlanet 2024 RI.

Outreach and Public Engagement after Covid Session at EAS 2022

August 10, 2022

Outreach and Public Engagement after Covid Session at EAS 2022

The impact of Covid-19 led to a dramatic change in the landscape of public engagement, which overnight transformed from “hands on” to entirely virtual delivery. Appreciation of astronomy briefly enjoyed a higher profile, with views of the sky connecting us to the wider universe while confined to our homes. Virtual access has enabled the astronomy community to reach audiences that could not normally attend “face to face” outreach sessions, but it has simultaneously widened the gap for disadvantaged communities without access to the technology needed for online engagement.

At the European Astronomical Society (EAS) 2022 Annual Meeting in Valencia from 27 June – 1 July, the astronomy outreach community took the opportunity to come together and discuss some of these issues.

In particular, participants were asked to consider for public engagement in the years ahead:

Is the increase in virtual outreach initiatives “the new normal”, or is “face to face” vital for engaging marginalised communities on the wrong side of the digital divide?
What does this mean for collaboration across Europe and further afield?
How has public perception of science changed during the pandemic and what does this mean for the outreach community?

Over a lunch session on Monday 27 June attended by around 60 participants, we heard from a number of speakers and then had an open discussion of our experiences over the past two and a half years. While the general consensus in the room was that face-to-face interaction is very important for outreach and public engagement and that the return to in-person events is very positive, the impact of Covid remains an ongoing issue – not least in that several of the scheduled speakers were unfortunately unable to take part in the session due to positive tests. The benefits of hybrid meetings for sustainability and inclusion were also a topic of much discussion at EAS 2022 in the wider context of conferences and events.

If you missed the session, some of the presentations and virtual posters are provided here with kind permission of the authors:

Astro-lògos: stories of the history of the Universe. A science-art project inspired by Italo Calvino’s Cosmicomics, Claudia Mignone

Increasing the science outreach in Romania during the pandemic, Sandor Kruk

Communicating science worldwide with the International Day of Light, Geethu Paulose

AstroEDU, IAU open-access platform for peer-reviewed Educational Activities, Livia Giacomini

Inspiring the Next Generation of Space and Planetary Scientists: The 2022 EXPLORE Junior Lunar Data Challenge, Daniel Le Corre

Planets In A Room and how hands-on activities has been forced to switch to online, Federica Duras

Bringing the night sky to Italian living rooms via livestream events, Claudia Mignone

Europlanet Face-to-Face at Meetings

July 29, 2022

Europlanet Face-to-Face at Meetings

The Europlanet team has been taking part in a number of meetings and events over the past few weeks. For the first time since 2019, the Europlanet banner stand has been on display in exhibitions at conferences, including the European Astronomical Society (EAS) Annual Meeting and the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF).

EAS 2022, which took place in Valencia from 27 June – 1 July, was attended by close to 2000 people, with 1700 participating in person. An eight-strong team from the Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI) took part in the meeting, crewing a stand and presenting Europlanet activities on mentoring, the Europlanet Telescope Network, outreach and global collaboration. Europlanet was joined on its stand by its sister EU-funded project, EXPLORE, which is developing machine learning tools to exploit planetary and space data, as well as Planets In A Room (PIAR), the low-cost spherical projection system developed by Speak Science and INAF with Europlanet funding. The team talked to several hundred people over the course of the week, and distributed copies of the latest issue of the Europlanet Magazine, as well as stickers and leaflets.

ESOF 2022, held in Leiden from 13-16 July, was the tenth edition of the largest European interdisciplinary science conference. Europlanet organised a session ‘To Mars and Beyond’ in Pieterskerk, attended by around 50 delegates, on July 14 and took part in the exhibition throughout the meeting, giving participants and opportunity to hold some real rocks from space

EPSC2022 Social Media and Media Internships – Call for Applications

June 20, 2022

EPSC2022 Social Media and Media Internships – Call for Applications

We’re offering paid in-person internships to support applicants in developing social media and science communication skills. Interns will join the communications team for the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC), the largest annual planetary science meeting in Europe. EPSC2022 will take place in Granada, Spain, from 18-23 September.

Social Media Internships

Successful applicants for the social media internship will support the social media team in covering live sessions during the EPSC2022.

Media Internships

Successful applicants for the media internship will support the press office team in preparing materials for the media.

About EPSC2022

EPSC2022 covers a broad area of science topics related to planetary science and planetary missions. EPSC will this year be jointly organized with the annual EANA (European Astrobiology Network Association) Conference 2022, and will therefore include a large number of sessions with an astrobiology focus. The programme of the congress will contain oral and poster sessions, as well as workshops and panel discussions and provide opportunities for interaction between the participants. EPSC2022 will take place as an in-person meeting.

Apply

If you are interested in taking part in the social media or media internship programme, please complete the application form below.

The deadline for applications is now closed.

Shortlisted applicants may be contacted for a short interview with the EPSC Communications team via Zoom. Successful applicants will be notified by the end of July. Successful applicants will be paid €750 (as well as travel, accommodation and sustenance costs) and will be required to attend the meeting from Monday 18 – Friday 23 September.

If you have any questions, please contact the Europlanet 2024 RI Communications Manager, Anita Heward.

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Europlanet Workshop Series on Fireballs and their Detection

June 17, 2022

Europlanet Workshop Series on Fireballs and their Detection

Convened by: Günter Kargl (Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences; ), Ute Amerstorfer (Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Detlef Koschny (Technical University of Munich, Germany).

In cooperation with Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure (RI), a series of four workshops bringing together different networks of fireball observers and machine-learning experts are being arranged over two years. This series is aimed at: i) the development of a common data format and/or common entry point to the observational data of the different fireballs networks, and ii) machine-learning science cases for meteor observations.

Virtual Fireballs Workshop #1 on Fireball Databases and Machine Learning

Virtual Fireballs Workshop #2 on Fireball Databases, Lunar Impact Flashes and Machine Learning

Workshop #3 on Fireballs and their Detection

4th Europlanet Workshop on Fireballs/Lunar Impact Flashes

Find out more about Europlanet activities to support ground based astronomy and Machine Learning.

STM: Towards a European Space Law

May 18, 2022

The number of satellites and debris in space constantly increases due to new developments in reusable launchers, small satellites and more and more private initiatives in space. Niklas Nienass recently highlighted the importance of a European Space Law evolution that ensures liability, security and sustainability in the entire European space sector. Furthermore, more actions relating to the EU Space regulation will be developed.

MEP Niklas Nienass Statement

Satellites are moving our society forward. And the more cost-efficient they become, the more sectors can benefit from their technology. For example, satellites can help optimizing processes in organic farming. But the more satellites there are, the more crowded the orbit becomes. In recent years, the number has increased rapidly. Increasingly, there is a threat of collisions with unforeseeable consequences.

Therefore, the European Union wants to set up mechanisms to make traffic in orbit safer and more sustainable. In February, the European Commission presented a concept for a common Space Traffic Management (STM).

The framework aims to set binding standards and norms for satellite operators by 2024. It also aims to use new technologies to continuously collect and analyze data on the space environment.

This week, the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE), of which I am a member, discussed the project.

For me, it is clear that the European Union must initiate a joint STM. However, I am also convinced that this can only be a first step. We need a European Space Law that ensures liability, security and sustainability in the entire European space sector.

I am very happy, that we have managed to include considerations for such a European regulation in the Committee’s statement on STM.

At the end of the month, I will travel to the U.S. to get first-hand insights into current developments in space. A series of high-level discussions are planned with Congress, the National Space Council, NASA, and companies such as Astroscale, Nanoracks, and SpaceX.

The future of space is currently being shaped largely in the U.S., and a future European regulation must be prepared for developments that will reach us from there in the coming years. At the same time, I am looking to promote our own positions, such as sustainability standards in orbit. In turn, we can learn from the Americans – for example, with regard to the development of a private space economy.

I want Europe to help shape the future of spaceflight – with technical innovations as well as with binding standards that ensure peace, security and sustainability in space.

Contact:
Dennis Yuecel
Communications Niklas Nienass MEP