Birkeland Centre for Space Science

Birkeland Centre for Space Science Birkeland Centre for Space Science is a Centre of Excellence at the Univ. of Bergen. The objective of BCSS is to understand how Earth is coupled to space.

The Birkeland Centre for Space Science (BCSS) started in March 2013. It is led from the Department of Physics and Technology at the University of Bergen with nodes at NTNU and UNIS. The overarching scientific objective of the BCSS is to understand "How the Earth is coupled to Space". Under this title we have formulated four main questions where we have identified fundamental gaps in our knowledge:



(Q1) When and why is the aurora in the two hemispheres asymmetric? (Q2) How do we get beyond the static large scale picture of the ionosphere? (Q3) What are the effects of particle precipitation on the atmospheric system? (Q4) What is the role of energetic particles from thunderstorms in geospace? The BCSS is organized in scientific groups focusing on these four questions. In addition we have two groups to design, build and operate state-of-the-art instrumentation, one for space and one for ground-based instrumentation. We also have a group for education and public outreach that is responsible for our visual identity.

Gratulerer til Nikolai Østgaard og Martino Marisaldi med en artikkel hver (som førsteforfatter) i dagens ferske utgave a...
02/10/2024

Gratulerer til Nikolai Østgaard og Martino Marisaldi med en artikkel hver (som førsteforfatter) i dagens ferske utgave av Nature :) Temaet er gammastråling fra tordenskyer, og de som er interesserte kan lese mer i denne NRK-artikkelen:

Etter ein sommar med tordenjakt, legg UiB no fram funn som vekker oppsikt i forskingsverda.

31/01/2023

Ni forskere ved norske universiteter får midler i milliardtildeling fra det europeiske forskningsrådet.

De største gratulasjoner til Karl Magnus Laundal for dagens imponerende ERC-tildeling!🙂
31/01/2023

De største gratulasjoner til Karl Magnus Laundal for dagens imponerende ERC-tildeling!🙂

Karl Magnus Laundal vil med sitt ERC Consolidator Grant forske på hvordan jordens atmosfære er koblet sammen med verdensrommet.

Space scientist Karl Magnus Laundal plays a key role in several international projects on how the Earth is connected to ...
26/10/2022

Space scientist Karl Magnus Laundal plays a key role in several international projects on how the Earth is connected to space. Among other things, the research can lead to a better understanding of the northern lights and phenomena that affect satellites and technology on the Earth’s surface. Read more here:

Space scientist Karl Magnus Laundal plays a key role in several international projects on how the Earth is connected to space. Among other things, the research can lead to a better understanding of the northern lights and phenomena that affect satellites and technology on the Earth’s surface.

Congratulations Josephine Alessandra Salice !
29/09/2022

Congratulations Josephine Alessandra Salice !

I konkurranse med 9 andre doktorgradsstipendiater fra Bergen var det Josephine Salice fra Institutt for fysikk og teknologi ved Universitetet i Bergen som stakk av med førsteplassen

Huge congratulations to our excellent PhD candidate Josephine Alessandra Salice who just won the prestigious Researcher'...
28/09/2022

Huge congratulations to our excellent PhD candidate Josephine Alessandra Salice who just won the prestigious Researcher's Grand Prix 2022 in Bergen! More to come later...

A highlight during the annual Research Days in Bergen is the prestigious Researcher’s Grand Prix, where 10 researchers are given four minutes each to engage the audience and judges in their research area of expertise. Among this years participants we have our own PhD candidate Josephine Salice fro...

Our great PhD candidate Josephine Alessandra Salice will participate at tonight's Researcher's Grand Prix 2022 in Bergen...
28/09/2022

Our great PhD candidate Josephine Alessandra Salice will participate at tonight's Researcher's Grand Prix 2022 in Bergen! This is a contest highligting the ability to make your science interesting for a larger audience. So public outreach is a cornerstone when it comes to Researcher's Grand Prix, and Josephine will compete amongst 10 highly qualified PhD students. This should indeed be exciting to watch, and the whole event (starting 19:00) will be streamed here: https://vimeo.com/event/2418643/e4a6f282fd

Also, you can read more about Josephine and Researcher's Grand Prix 2022 here: https://birkeland.uib.no/josephine-ready-for-researchers-grand-prix-2022/

A highlight during the annual Research Days in Bergen is the prestigious Researcher’s Grand Prix, where 10 researchers are given four minutes each to engage the audience and judges in their research area of expertise. Among this years participants we have our own PhD candidate Josephine Salice fro...

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