Gravitational lensing reveals the detailed shape of a galaxy

Gravitational lensing reveals the detailed shape of a galaxy
Emission lines from the simulated interstellar medium

Emission lines from the simulated interstellar medium
Cool circumgalactic gas in galaxy clusters

Cool circumgalactic gas in galaxy clusters
Galaxies light up hydrogen halos around neighbouring galaxies

Galaxies light up hydrogen halos around neighbouring galaxies
Gravitational wave sources in quadruple-star systems

Gravitational wave sources in quadruple-star systems
Relieving the Hubble tension with Early Dark Energy

Relieving the Hubble tension with Early Dark Energy
JWST reveals highly distant galaxies behind a known gravitational magnifier

JWST reveals highly distant galaxies behind a known gravitational magnifier

News at MPA

Max Planck Medal for Rashid Sunyaev

Max Planck Medal for Rashid Sunyaev

November 22, 2022

On November 17, the German Physical Society announced that it will award the Max Planck Medal, its highest award in Theoretical Physics, to Rashid Sunyaev. Thus the DPG honours “his numerous and fundamental contributions to relativistic astrophysics and to cosmology, in particular for the theoretical prediction of experimentally observed changes in the spectrum of cosmic background radiation passing through galaxy clusters.”
more
The infinitely small or the infinitely large?

The infinitely small or the infinitely large?

November 21, 2022

Even though her first interest was in the tiny scales of particle physics, Daniela Galárraga-Espinosa decided to go to the other extreme and study galaxies and the large-scale structure of the Universe.
more
Eiichiro Komatsu receives 2022 Nishina Memorial Prize

Eiichiro Komatsu receives 2022 Nishina Memorial Prize

November 11, 2022

The Nishina Memorial Foundation announced this week that Professor Eiichiro Komatsu, director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, receives the most prestigious Japanese physics award. The Nishina Memorial Prize is presented annually, honoring outstanding Japanese scientists who have made substantial contributions to physics research. Komatsu receives the prestigious award for his “contributions to the standard cosmology based on the cosmic microwave background”. The award will be presented during a ceremony in Tokyo on 6 December 2022.
more
All news
February 2023
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28
Tests of fundamental physics and cosmology with high precision quasar spectroscopy

from 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM (Local Time Germany)

Connecting protoplanetary disks to planetary atmospheres: The astrochemical view of planet formation

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

Item Numbers, QR-codes & Automation: An update of the configuration & location management at ESO

from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Pandemics: The role of GitHub as a powerful collaborative tool for data delivery

from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

from 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Dust Hot Spots at 10 au scales around the Class 0 Binary IRAS 16293-2422 A: A departure from the Passive Irradiation Model

from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Galaxies as tracers and agents of cosmic reionization in the JWST era

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

Ion chemistry in exoplanetary atmospheres: new probes for habitability?

from 03:15 PM to 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

Aktuelle Marsmissionen und die Suche nach Leben auf unserem Nachbarplaneten

from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Public event - please book a seat!

Upcoming seminars

Aktuelle Marsmissionen und die Suche nach Leben auf unserem Nachbarplaneten

Public event - please book a seat!
Feb 9, 2023 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Headquarters, Garching, Room: ESO Supernova Planetarium

Job Offers

No Vacancies

Meet our MPA fellows

The infinitely small or the infinitely large?

The infinitely small or the infinitely large?

November 21, 2022

Even though her first interest was in the tiny scales of particle physics, Daniela Galárraga-Espinosa decided to go to the other extreme and study galaxies and the large-scale structure of the Universe.
more
Note due to corona:Contacting MPA

Note due to corona:
Contacting MPA

Because of Covid and to protect MPA employees, (large) public events continue to be suspended. External guests are subject to the 3G rule and need to proof their compliance on entering the MPA building.
For information about MPG research on the Corona virus, please see here:
more

About MPA

Structure

Managing Director
Prof. Dr. Volker Springel

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
Cornelia Rickl
Phone: 089 30000-2201
Dr. Hans-Thomas Janka
Phone: 089 30000-2228

email: pr@mpa-garching.mpg.de

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

Click for Travel directions

more
Web-View
Print Page
Open in new window
Estimated DIN-A4 page-width
Go to Editor View