Dancing pattern of red supergiant stars on the sky

Dancing pattern of red supergiant stars on the sky
Reflected quasar light powers giant cool gas nebulae

Reflected quasar light powers giant cool gas nebulae
Do massive red elliptical galaxies line up?

Do massive red elliptical galaxies line up?
Scientists develop the largest, most detailed model of the early universe to date

Scientists develop the largest, most detailed model of the early universe to date
Inner view of the Milky Way’s magnetic field shows spiral structure

Inner view of the Milky Way’s magnetic field shows spiral structure
A new spin on the blue stellar sequence

A new spin on the blue stellar sequence
Nearby galaxy centres with unusual populations of very massive stars

Nearby galaxy centres with unusual populations of very massive stars

News at MPA

Biermann Lectures 2022: Insights on the Milky Way’s history and dynamics

Biermann Lectures 2022: Insights on the Milky Way’s history and dynamics

May 03, 2022

By Prof. Dr. Amina Helmi (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen).
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Otto Hahn Medal for Francesca Rizzo

Otto Hahn Medal for Francesca Rizzo

March 21, 2022

This year, former MPA PhD student Francesca Rizzo is one of the recipients of the Otto Hahn Medal. The Max Planck Society awards the prize to her for original and groundbreaking work into the kinematic and dynamical properties of high-redshift galaxies.
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<strong>Eiichiro Komatsu awarded the Inoue Prize for Science</strong>

Eiichiro Komatsu awarded the Inoue Prize for Science

December 14, 2021

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Director Eiichiro Komatsu has been selected as one of the recipients of this year's Inoue Prize for Science. He is recognized for his work to study the physics of the early Universe as a researcher with remarkable achievements in the natural and fundamental sciences.
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A Journey across Hertzsprung-Russel diagram with 3D hydrodynamical simulations of stellar convection

from 11:00 to 12:00

Star-forming galaxies at cosmic noon

from 14:00 to 15:00

Glueball molecules

from 14:00 to 15:00

Neutrino Cosmology Day

from 08:55 to 17:30

Beyond structure and composition: Multidimensional TEM as a key for imaging electric fields, 3D shape and soft matter

from 17:15 to 18:30

The Accretion Rate-Disk Mass Relationship for Herbig Ae/Be Stars

from 10:00 to 11:00

Low surface brightness clusters: what kind of beasts are they?

from 11:30 to 12:30

100 Years of General Relativity

from 17:15 to 18:15

Large-scale gas flows in the Local Group

from 14:00 to 15:00

Gravitational Waves and Binary Black Holes

from 16:15 to 17:15

Research seminar: Black Hole Binary Dynamics from Classical and Quantum Gravitational Scattering

from 10:15 to 11:15

TBA

from 15:15 to 16:15

My journey from Astronomy to Data Science

from 16:30 to 17:30

Phases of Condensed Dark Matter

from 15:00 to 16:00

Third-Party Funding

from 14:00 to 18:00

For participation, please register before May 4th!

TBA

from 10:15 to 11:15

Please note the unusual time!

AI for Science - Bootcamp with NVIDIA

from May 23, 2022 09:00 to May 24, 2022 12:30

Multi-line diagnostics of interstellar medium conditions in the dusty starbursts at high-z

from 15:30 to 16:30

AI for Science - Bootcamp with NVIDIA

from May 23, 2022 09:00 to May 24, 2022 12:30

Gas Flows around Galaxies

from 09:00 to 20:00

Lyman-alpha emitting filaments in cold and warm dark matter simulations

from 11:00 to 12:00

Dynamical properties of the BCG and intracluster light in simulated galaxy clusters

from 12:00 to 13:00

Young Stars in the Galactic Center

from 15:00 to 15:30

Is brown dwarf formation environment-dependent? A case study in NGC 2244

from 15:30 to 16:00

Can you squeeze a Quantum field into a Cosmos that can only store finite information ?

from 11:00 to 12:00

MHD turbulence and cosmic ray transport

from 12:30 to 13:30

Magnetically regulated collapse in the B335 protostar? II. Observational constraints on gas ionization and magnetic field coupling

from 15:00 to 16:00

Finding Rare Cataclysmic Variables with eFEDS/ZTF

from 16:00 to 17:00

The anomaly detection classifier for the ALeRCE broker

from 16:00 to 17:00

Upcoming seminars

Can you squeeze a Quantum field into a Cosmos that can only store finite information ?

May 25, 2022 11:00 - 12:00
USM, Munich, Scheinerstr. 1, room E008 and via zoom

MHD turbulence and cosmic ray transport

May 25, 2022 12:30 - 13:30
MPE, Room: online - zoom

Magnetically regulated collapse in the B335 protostar? II. Observational constraints on gas ionization and magnetic field coupling

May 25, 2022 15:00 - 16:00
MPE, Room: via zoom only

Finding Rare Cataclysmic Variables with eFEDS/ZTF

May 25, 2022 16:00 - 17:00
MPA large seminar room E.0.11 and via zoom

The anomaly detection classifier for the ALeRCE broker

May 25, 2022 16:00 - 17:00
online only

TBA

Jun 22, 2022 14:00 - 15:00
MPA, Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11

TBA

Jun 29, 2022 11:00 - 12:00
MPA, Room: MPA, new seminar room E.0.11

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Meet our MPA fellows

Everything flows

Everything flows

April 05, 2022

Both in her research and her hobbies, Deepika Bollimpalli, is always in motion.
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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:
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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
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Prof. Dr. Werner Tscharnuter

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Pia Fischhaber

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