A group of astronomers, among which Didier Queloz and Peter P. Pedersen, have discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the red, ultra-cool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3. The planet was detected as it passed in front of its host star in a 17 h orbit and represents the second-smallest main sequence star found to host a transiting planet.
26 Apr 2024 - How did life on Earth begin and proliferate? And is there life beyond our planet? At this ETH Global Lecture, Nobel Prize winner Didier Queloz and former NASA research head Thomas Zurbuchen discuss what is already known about the origin of life on Earth and beyond, what projects are underway at ETH Zurich – and what life itself has taught them.
On 20 April 2023, Didier Queloz, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2019 and President of the Marcel Benoist Foundation, was awarded the Insignia of Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by H.E.M. Frédéric Journès, the French Ambassador to Switzerland.
