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Application Deadline - MPCDF & NVIDIA Deep Learning Workshop

Dec 1, 2025 from 12:00 AM to 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS Science Week 2025

from Dec 1, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 5, 2025 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS Science Week 2025

from Dec 1, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 5, 2025 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS Science Week 2025

from Dec 1, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 5, 2025 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Sulfur - A (Short) Tale of a Very Elusive Element"

Dec 3, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS Science Week 2025

from Dec 1, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 5, 2025 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Astrophysics of the Future: The Moon as a Lab for Gravitational Waves"

Dec 4, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS General Assembly 2025

Dec 4, 2025 from 03:15 PM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS Science Week 2025

from Dec 1, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 5, 2025 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Quiescence as the Origin of the Milky Way’s Alpha-Bimodality"

Dec 5, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

33rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

from Dec 8, 2025 12:00 AM to Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Speed Dating: Command Line Tools"

Dec 8, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"PRIMA: The PRobe Far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics"

Dec 8, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

33rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

from Dec 8, 2025 12:00 AM to Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

MPCDF & NVIDIA Deep Learning Workshop

Dec 9, 2025 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

33rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

from Dec 8, 2025 12:00 AM to Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

#EXCELLerate and connect!

Dec 10, 2025 from 09:00 AM to 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"A Discussion About the Nobel Prize Awards 2025"

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

"Equal Opportunity & Support Structures at MPE: Who We Are and How We Support You"

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

"Dark Matter Distinguished by Skewed Microlensing in the “Dragon Arc”"

Dec 10, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Physics Informed Neural Network for Astronomical Transients Modeling"

Dec 10, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

MPA Winter Party

Dec 10, 2025 from 03:30 PM to 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

Dec 10, 2025 from 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

33rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

from Dec 8, 2025 12:00 AM to Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Sizzling Electrostatics Between Planet Formation and Lightning"

Dec 11, 2025 from 02:15 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

33rd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

from Dec 8, 2025 12:00 AM to Dec 12, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

JingleHEP Workshop 2025

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

"The Future of UV Astronomy in the Age of HWO"

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 17, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Although the formal registration is now closed, all locals (LMU/TUM/MPE/MPA/ESO) can simply show up to the Tuesday session. (We currently expect about 60 participants, including a distinguished cast of external researchers/visitors.)

Symbology@15 Conference

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"The Future of UV Astronomy in the Age of HWO"

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 17, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Although the formal registration is now closed, all locals (LMU/TUM/MPE/MPA/ESO) can simply show up to the Tuesday session. (We currently expect about 60 participants, including a distinguished cast of external researchers/visitors.)

Symbology@15 Conference

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

Dec 16, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Fuelling Black Hole Growth Through Large Scale Bars"

Dec 16, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"The DNA of Particle Scattering"

Dec 16, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Exploring the Formation of Warm Sub-Saturns Through Interior Structure Modelling"

Dec 16, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"The Future of UV Astronomy in the Age of HWO"

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 17, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Although the formal registration is now closed, all locals (LMU/TUM/MPE/MPA/ESO) can simply show up to the Tuesday session. (We currently expect about 60 participants, including a distinguished cast of external researchers/visitors.)

Symbology@15 Conference

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

University Observatory All Hands Meeting

Dec 17, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Destabilizing Earth System Components"

Dec 17, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Symbology@15 Conference

from Dec 15, 2025 09:00 AM to Dec 18, 2025 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Metastable Helium in the Upper Thermosphere"

Dec 18, 2025 from 09:30 AM to 10:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Primordial Helium-3 Exchange Between Earth's Core and Mantle"

Dec 18, 2025 from 03:15 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Causally Structured AI for Astrophysics"

Dec 19, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

Dec 23, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Upcoming seminars

"Causally Structured AI for Astrophysics"

Dec 19, 2025 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPP

TBA

Dec 23, 2025 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Auditorium Telescopium (ESO HQE, Garching)

Meet our MPA fellows

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.
Find out more in the MAX Intranet:

About MPA

Structure

Managing Director
Prof. Dr. Eiichiro Komatsu

Scientific Members, Kollegium, Directors
Prof. Dr. Selma E. de Mink
Prof. Dr. Guinevere Kauffmann
Prof. Dr. Eiichiro Komatsu
Prof. Dr. Volker Springel

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

External Scientific Members
Prof. Dr. Rolf-Peter Kudritzki
Prof. Dr. Werner Tscharnuter

Head of the administration
Pia Fischhaber

Contact

Press and Public Relations
Dr. Hannelore Haemmerle
Phone: 089 30000-3980
email: pr@mpa-garching.mpg.de

Dr. Hans-Thomas Janka
Phone: 089 30000-2228
(contact per phone only)

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1
Postfach 1317
D-85741 Garching, Germany

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