The Local Switzerland https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Exoplanets and alien life: What you need to know about Switzerland’s Nobel Prize win This year's Nobel Prize for Physics honoured Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, Swiss astronomers who proved the existence of a planet orbiting a star far beyond the Earth's solar system. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191009/exoplanets-super-earths-and-alien-life-what-you-need-to-know-about-switzerlands-nobel-prize-win Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:37:38 +0200 exoplanets-super-earths-and-alien-life-what-you-need-to-know-about-switzerlands-nobel-prize-win Why scientists are building a 'Martian garden' in Switzerland While South African entrepreneur Elon Musk makes a huge song and dance about his planned Mars project, Swiss researchers are quietly going about the business of creating a so-called "Martian garden" near Basel to test a high-tech camera that will be sent to the red planet in an entirely separate mission. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180308/a-little-patch-of-mars-in-switzerland-exomars-astronomy Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:50:19 +0100 a-little-patch-of-mars-in-switzerland-exomars-astronomy Clear skies forecast for partial solar eclipse The Swiss federal public health office has issued a warning against watching without special protective eyewear the partial eclipse of the sun to take place on Friday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150319/sunny-skies-forecast-for-partial-solar-eclipse Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:29:59 +0100 sunny-skies-forecast-for-partial-solar-eclipse Swiss residents report seeing streaking meteor Residents of several cantons in Switzerland reported seeing a meteor blazing across the sky on Sunday night that was also seen in Austria, southern Germany and the Alsace region of France. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150316/swiss-residents-report-seeing-streaking-meteor Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:39:28 +0100 swiss-residents-report-seeing-streaking-meteor Nature ranks Geneva scientist among 'top ten' Swiss astrophysicist Michel Mayor is listed among Nature magazine’s ten top scientists in the world who “mattered” for 2013. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131219/geneva-astronomer-ranked-among-top-10-scientists Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:19:00 +0100 geneva-astronomer-ranked-among-top-10-scientists Earth-sized planet found orbiting star Astronomers in Switzerland on Wednesday reported they had detected a planet with about the mass of Earth which orbits the closest star to the Sun. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121017/earth-sized-planet-found-orbiting-star Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:12:01 +0200 earth-sized-planet-found-orbiting-star