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International Year of Astronomy 2009

November 2009

In remembrance of milestones in the history of astronomy the United Nations proclaimed the year 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) has initiated a variety of regional and supra-regional projects with the objective of getting children and grown-ups interested in astrophysics and astronomy.

Volker Springel receives Klung-Wilhelmy-Weberbank-Prize for Physics

Nobember 2009

This year's Klung-Wilhelmy-Weberbank-Prize has been award to the physicist Dr. Volker Springel from the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. The award comes with a prize money of 100.000 euro, making it the most highly endowed award for younger scientists in Germany.

"Evolution of the Universe"

November 2009

A journey through time and space in our cosmos at the Deutsches Museum Munich

Are Neutron Stars Strange?

November 2009

A. Bauswein und H.-Thomas Janka

Day of the Open House 2009

Saturday, Oktober 24th, 11:00-18:00

Talks, "Cosmic Cinema", "Astro Consultation Hours", sun telescope, "kids' lab" and much more...

A NEW SEARCH FOR DARK ENERGY BEGINS

October 2009

The most ambitious attempt yet to trace the history of the universe has seen "first light."

Mapping extragalactic dark matter structures through gamma-rays

October 2009

Jesus Zavala, Volker Springel and Michael Boylan-Kolchin

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