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Triple Stellar Systems as Gravitational Wave Sources

A Universe made of Black Holes?

A Universe made of Black Holes?
How stars stay young and spin slowly

How stars stay young and spin slowly
A New Cosmic Ruler: Measuring the Hubble Constant with Type II Supernovae

A New Cosmic Ruler: Measuring the Hubble Constant with Type II Supernovae
Simulating the birth, life and dispersal of galactic star clusters

Simulating the birth, life and dispersal of galactic star clusters
Elliptical galaxy at the center of a galaxy cluster with inset showing detailed structure.

Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring
Debugging Galaxy Evolution with L-GALAXIES

Debugging Galaxy Evolution with L-GALAXIES
Researchers capture direct high-definition image of the “Cosmic Web”

Researchers capture direct high-definition image of the “Cosmic Web”

News at MPA

New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

April 01, 2025

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is now ready to be assembled at its destination in the Atacama Desert. Planned to take up operations in April 2026, it will be able to look all the way back to the Big Bang, revealing new details about star and galaxy formation.
 
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MPA launches Mentorship Program to support aspiring astronomers

MPA launches Mentorship Program to support aspiring astronomers

February 12, 2025

The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) is excited to announce the launch of its new Mentorship Program, designed to connect aspiring astronomers from underrepresented groups with researchers at the institute. This initiative aims to increase diversity and inclusion in theoretical and computational astrophysics, offering participants valuable guidance and insights into the field.
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Prime Focus Spectrograph on Subaru Telescope to begin scientific operations in February       <br> 

Prime Focus Spectrograph on Subaru Telescope to begin scientific operations in February        

January 13, 2025

Researchers have finished equipping the Subaru Telescope with a new special “compound eye” culminating several years of effort. This new instrument features approximately 2,400 fibers scattered across the extremely wide field of view available at the Subaru Telescope’s primary focus, allowing for simultaneous spectroscopic observation of thousands of celestial objects. This unrivaled capability will help researchers precisely understand the formation and evolution of galaxies and the Universe once it begins scientific operations in February 2025.
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ESO Gruber Summer School: From Nearby Worlds to Distant Galaxies

from Jun 2, 2025 12:00 AM to Jun 6, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Image Generation with InvokeAI

Jun 2, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Planet migration in the era of JWST and Ariel

Jun 2, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Protostellar disks in their natural habitat

Jun 2, 2025 from 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESO Gruber Summer School: From Nearby Worlds to Distant Galaxies

from Jun 2, 2025 12:00 AM to Jun 6, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space (1/4)

Jun 3, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESO Gruber Summer School: From Nearby Worlds to Distant Galaxies

from Jun 2, 2025 12:00 AM to Jun 6, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

2025 Gruber Prize for Cosmology

Jun 4, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

AGE-PRO: the ALMA survey of Gas Evolution in Protoplanetary disks

Jun 4, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

How to probe the interior of planets with seismic waves?

Jun 4, 2025 from 02:15 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

CALICO: parametric annihilators for loop integrals & special functions

Jun 4, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESO Gruber Summer School: From Nearby Worlds to Distant Galaxies

from Jun 2, 2025 12:00 AM to Jun 6, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Strong lensing with ALMA long-baselines: resolving complex lens and source structure

Jun 5, 2025 from 04:15 PM to 05:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESO Gruber Summer School: From Nearby Worlds to Distant Galaxies

from Jun 2, 2025 12:00 AM to Jun 6, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

From stars to galaxies: unravelling clustered star formation in extreme galactic environments

Jun 6, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Unveiling the cosmic web through Ly-alpha: an ultra-deep observation with MUSE

Jun 10, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Interstellar dust properties in the Milky Way

Jun 10, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Quantum Field Theory in Curved Space (2/4)

Jun 10, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Gas and Magnetic Fields in the Extended Magellanic system with ASKAP

Jun 11, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Comparing the collision and merger products of stars using magnetohydrodynamics

Jun 11, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

A Meta-Learning Framework for decoding black hole information from optical variability

Jun 11, 2025 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

The Fine Tuned Universe: "Woven Worlds: Thinking Through Cosmologies"

Jun 11, 2025 from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

A tale of two galaxies - gas-rich and gas-poor galaxies in a nearby Galaxy group

Jun 12, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Violent mergers and the origin of the fastest white dwarfs in the Galaxy

Jun 12, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Von Gaswolken zu Sternsystemen: Wie entstehen Sterne und Planeten?

Jun 12, 2025 at 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

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Spirals, waves and gliding along

Spirals, waves and gliding along

September 06, 2023

While concerned with massive objects such as neutron stars and black holes in her work, Martyna Chruslinska loves the lightweight feeling of figure skating in her spare time.
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A look back forward

A look back forward

​​​​​​​​2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Max Planck Society. On February 26, 1948, in Göttingen, the proven concept of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society as a successful model of non-university research funding was rescued for the young Federal Republic, but also changed in a forward-looking way. Both are the basis of the MPG in its present form and success. The anniversary is celebrated as the most important caesura within the history of the MPG, which goes back to 1911, and at the same time sets the course for the future viability of the society, which must be discussed again and again.
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Prof. Dr. Selma E. de Mink
Prof. Dr. Guinevere Kauffmann
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Prof. Dr. Volker Springel

Emeritus Directors
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hillebrandt
Prof. Dr. Rashid Sunyaev
Prof. Dr. Simon White

External Scientific Members
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Prof. Dr. Werner Tscharnuter

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Pia Fischhaber

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