MPA-HOMEPAGE  contact press links site map disclaimer deutsch About the Institute Scientific Publications Scientific Research University Lectures and Seminars Public Outreach Internal News Archives Press Releases  Press Releases   2012     2011     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004      show all news Guinevere Kauffmann elected to the US National Academy of Sciences May 2012 At the beginning of May, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences announced that MPA scientist Guinevere Kauffmann is among the 84 newly elected members chosen this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Girls' Day 2012 at the MPA April 2012 School girls will travel from the skies above Garching back to the very beginnings of the Universe if they come to the Girls' Day on 26. 4. 2012 at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics. Café & Kosmos — Is the Sun responsible for climate change? February 2012 Global warming, the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, these are things that worry us. The brightness of the Sun is what keeps us warm. Could it be that global warming is actually due to changes in the Sun and not our greenhouse gases? In other words that it is not our fault after all? Globular star clusters: The survivors of a massacre 13 billion years ago February 2012 Our Milky Way galaxy is surrounded by some 200 compact groups of stars, containing up to a million stars each. At 13 billion years of age, these globular clusters are almost as old as the universe itself and were born when the first generations of stars and galaxies formed. Planck's HFI completes its survey of early Universe January 2012 The High Frequency Instrument on ESA's Planck mission has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang. The sensor ran out of coolant on Saturday, 14. January, as expected, ending its ability to detect this faint energy. Eiichiro Komatsu becomes director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics January 2012 With the new year, a new director arrives in Garching: Eiichiro Komatsu relocates from the University of Texas to the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.  print version  top © 2003—2012, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, München Last modified: 2012-5-16