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The stability of sunspots: 400-year-old mystery now solved by astrophysicists at the Freiburg Institute of Solar Physics (KIS)

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Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th century, the Italian…

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Researcher at the Freiburg Institute of Solar Physics (KIS) receives ERC Advanced Grant

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The European Research Council (ERC) has honoured the outstanding research of PD Dr Petri Käpylä with an ERC Advanced Grant for the NeoCon project. The…

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Congratulations!

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Habilitation Dr. Käpylä

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Measurement setup of the first FPI. Credits: KIS

First solar observations with unique instrument at the world's largest solar telescope

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The Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS) located in Freiburg Germany has installed a high-precision measuring instrument for the world's largest solar…

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KIS in ARD news in prime time

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On the Christmas eve, 2024-Dec-24, Parker Solar Probe had a closest Sun encounter; KIS scientist, Gregory Fleishman, commented on that in the main…

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New DFG proposal funded at the Solar Magnetism group

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The German Science Foundation (DFG) has recently funded a proposal MIRACLE: Magnetic Interactions Releasing Acceleration in Coronal-flaring Loop…

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DFG application from the Solar Magnetism research group approved

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The German Science Foundation (DFG) has approved on 3. June 2024 a proposal by Dr. Juan Manuel Borrero (PI) and Dr. Ivan Milic (Co-PI) from the Solar…

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The VTF frame in the otics laboratory at the DKIST telescope.

VTF integration started at DKIST on Maui/Hawaii (early January 2024)

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At the beginning of 2024, the VTF team was able to fly to Maui/Hawaii and start integrating the VTF into the DKIST telescope.

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The complete VTF in the laboratory in Freiburg.

VTF arrives in Maui/Hawaii - a long journey comes to an end....

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The largest project at our institute has entered its final phase. The KIS has developed and built a high-precision measuring instrument for the new 4m…

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E. Lilienthal at the GREGOR telescope

Eckart Lilienthal visits German Solar Observatory on Tenerife

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The head of Department 711 (Universe and Matter) of the BMBF, which is responsible for KIS, visited the Observatorio del Teide on 26 September 2023.

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