Welcome to UZH Space

UZH astronomer Dr. Gabriele Cugno is one of a few researchers in Switzerland working with data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), one of the most powerful space-based telescopes ever built. In this interview, he talks about his work detecting moon-forming disks around young exoplanets and using molecular mapping to study their composition, shedding light on how moons and giant planets form and what this tells us about the origins of planetary systems like our own.

The first UZH Space Representative Meeting was held on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, at the UZH Space Hub’s Hangar 4 at Dübendorf Airfield. The meeting brought together representatives from different research areas and faculties to discuss organisational matters, receive updates on ongoing initiatives, and brainstorm ideas to strengthen cross-faculty collaboration, including joint events and new formats.

UZH Space, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, is pleased to announce a new chapter for Aesthetics of Wonder. Following the latest exhibition, the large-scale images were unfortunately damaged during transport. A new collection is currently in production in which twelve of the images are being reinterpreted and transformed by emerging artists and student artists as part of a Faculty of Arts project.

The University of Zurich's Space Hub continues to grow: Starting February 1, three new organizations will be using the infrastructure at the Space Hub Hangar, thereby strengthening the space and aviation ecosystem in the areas of research, education, and technology transfer.

NASA's Artemis II mission will launch in February 2026 with four astronauts on board for the first crewed mission around the moon in over 50 years. In August 2025, non-NASA organizations were invited to apply for a study to find out if and how data from small receiving stations can be used to determine the trajectory of the Orion spacecraft. The University of Zürich has been selected to participate in this study and will perform precise frequency measurements with its own roof-installed radio telescope.