Department of Astronomy Latest News See all news Eruption of mega-magnetic star lights up nearby galaxy Thanks to ESA satellites, an international team including UNIGE researchers has detected a giant eruption coming from a magnetar, an extremely magnetic neutron star. Gaia spots a large dormant black hole in our Galaxy A high-mass stellar black hole has been discovered in preliminary data from the Gaia satellite by an international team led by UNIGE astronomers. The baritones among Red giants refine cosmic distance measurements A fresh look at Red giant stars offers key insights into cosmic distance measurements and a way to measure the Universe's expansion with the highest accuracy. Tycho Brahe Medal The 2024 Tycho Brahe Medal is awarded by the European Astronomical Society to Prof. Francesco Pepe (University of Geneva, Switzerland) for the development and exploitation of ultra-stable high-resolution spectrographs which revolutionised the detection and… Exoplanets’ climate: it takes nothing to switch from habitable to hell A team from UNIGE together with CNRS has managed to simulate the entire runaway greenhouse effect, which can make a planet completely unhabitable. Agenda Education, Courses Excellence Master Fellowships Informations for students Master in Astrophysics Master internship projects Seminars,Workshops OBSGE & LASTRO Seminars Ecogia & ISDC Seminars Conferences & Workshops Saas-Fee Courses Research Exoplanetary Systems Stars Formation & Evolution Galaxies and Universe Extreme Universe Groups Exoplanetary Systems Star Evolution, Nucleosynthesis and Chemical evolution of Galaxies Stellar variability, GAIA mission Starbursts in the Universe Galaxy Build-up at Cosmic Dawn Extreme Universe Stellar formation Thesis defense Do you have a question about astronomy? Do not hesitate, post your question to:info-astro(at)unige.ch Do you have a question about public meetings? Write to us at: visites-obs(at)unige.ch