2024
Final design of the ELT's METIS instrument completed
The METIS is the first instrument of the Extremely Large Telescope to pass its final design review!
Cycle 3 JWST observation time awarded to study some of the coolest gas giant planets beyond our solar system
The Exoplanets and Habitability Group will be involved in four projects that have been awarded with observation time in the third cycle of proposal calls using the Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), three of them as Principal Investigator. The projects will result in an improved understanding of the characteristics and formation of cold companions.
Where we might find aliens in the next decade (BBC Future)
Forget UFOs and alien abductions, here's how scientists are really looking for life on other worlds.