Illustration of the Leaning Tower of Pisa against a galaxy cluster background.

Dropping Dark Matter from the Pisa Tower: A new test of the Equivalence Principle with the Distortion of Time in Galaxy Clusters
6 Images with reddish galaxies; Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Dale Kocevski (Colby College)

Radiative Transfer Shapes Hydrogen Lines in Little Red Dots
X-ray image of W50 nebula with SS433, showing energy levels in keV.

X-ray panorama of the “Manatee Nebula” by SRG/eROSITA
Visualization of the cosmic web structure with galaxies marked by star symbols. Two scales are shown: a larger image of 100 million light years and a detailed section of 10 million light years.

A Sea of Light: HETDEX Astronomers Reveal Hidden Structures in the Young Universe
Simulation of a star forming region with zoom to a dense core

Proto-stellar disks in their natural habitat
Several bright spots in space in front of a dark background.

Measuring the expansion of the universe with cosmic fireworks
Large telescope structure in arid landscape with mountains in the background.

The plot thickens: independent confirmation of early Universe data hints at new physics

News at MPA

HETDEX Opens Massive Cosmic Dataset to Scientists, Novices, and AI

June 03, 2026

Today, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) - which recently completed the largest survey ever taken of the early universe – has released all of its immense, information-rich database to the public. Built from more than half a petabyte of raw and processed data, it will allow astronomers to study how the first galaxies formed and evolved, measure how gas and stars were distributed within these galaxies, map the large-scale structure of the cosmos, and investigate rare and unexpected objects not easily found in traditional surveys.
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Alexander Rawlings Wins Väisälä Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis

June 02, 2026

The Finnish Astronomical Society has honoured the new MPA postdoc Alexander Rawlings with the prestigious Väisälä Prize for the best PhD thesis in astronomy completed in Finland between 2024 and 2025.
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Ignas Juodžbalis Awarded Prestigious Gruber Foundation Fellowship in Astrophysics 

May 29, 2026

The future MPA postdoc Ignas Juodžbalis has been named a recipient of the 2026 Gruber Foundation Fellowship in Astrophysics. The award, administered by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), recognizes exceptional early-career researchers and provides a $75,000 USD research grant to support groundbreaking work.
 
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"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

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"AI Agents, Done Right."

Jun 1, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Fast Dynamical Modelling of Globular Clusters: The Implications of Common Black Hole Recipes on Initial Cluster Conditions"

Jun 3, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Color Decompositions of the Two Loop Amplitudes of Yang-Mills Theory"

Jun 3, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Conflict Resolution"

Jun 3, 2026 from 01:30 PM to 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Konfliktlösung"

Jun 3, 2026 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"UNIVERSE+ Online Seminars (27/29)"

Jun 3, 2026 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Chemical Diversity Beyond Earth: From Metabolomes to Meteorites, Asteroids and Moons"

Jun 5, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Max Planck Sustainability Network – Annual Conference 2026

Jun 8, 2026

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

from Jun 8, 2026 01:00 PM to Jun 12, 2026 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Max Planck Sustainability Network – Annual Conference 2026

Jun 8, 2026

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

from Jun 8, 2026 01:00 PM to Jun 12, 2026 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

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Jun 9, 2026 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Wenn Galaxien zu Lupen werde"

Jun 9, 2026 from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

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"JWSTs Little Red Dots: The Real Quasi-Stellar Objects?"

Jun 10, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Disrupted Stars and/or Unstable Disks?: Two Challenging AGN Transients"

Jun 10, 2026 from 02:00 PM to 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of r-Process Nucleosynthesis"

Jun 10, 2026 from 02:30 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"The Impact of AGN Radiative Feedback on the Oiii Outflow Activity and Obscuration in X-Ray AGN"

Jun 10, 2026 from 02:30 PM to 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Probing Primordial Parity Violation with Galaxy Intrinsic Alignments"

Jun 10, 2026 from 03:15 PM to 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

from Jun 8, 2026 01:00 PM to Jun 12, 2026 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Student Presentations: Exoplanet Detection, Stellar Activity, Planetary Systems, and Gravitational Lensing

Jun 11, 2026 from 09:15 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Galaxy Formation Simulation with GPU-Accelerated AMR Code GAMER"

Jun 11, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

TUM Diversity Day 2026

Jun 11, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Silicate Melt Viscosity: From Lava Worlds to Deep Magma Oceans"

Jun 11, 2026 from 02:15 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

CMF2IMF – The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function

from Jun 8, 2026 01:00 PM to Jun 12, 2026 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Women and Non-binary Researchers of CaLISTA 2026"

from Jun 12, 2026 01:00 PM to Jun 13, 2026 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Women and Non-binary Researchers of CaLISTA 2026"

from Jun 12, 2026 01:00 PM to Jun 13, 2026 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Registration Deadline – ORIGINS Kick-Off

Jun 15, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Registration Deadline – NUCLEI 2026

Jun 15, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Chemical Fingerprints of Stellar Evolution in Galactic Massive Stars"

Jun 15, 2026 from 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Forward Modeling and Optimal Inference of Galaxy Populations in the Era of Next Generation Surveys"

Jun 16, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

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Jun 16, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Through Polarized and Multi-Wavelength Light: Probing the Accretion Geometry in Neutron Star Low Mass X-Ray Binaries"

Jun 16, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Dark Sector Searches at Fixed-Target Experiments"

Jun 16, 2026 from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"The Science and Technology of DUNE and Its Future as an International Neutrino Observatory"

Jun 16, 2026 from 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Magnetized Disk Winds and Planet Formation"

Jun 16, 2026 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Collapsars as Sources for Heavy Nuclei and High Energy Neutrinos: Implications for Icecube"

Jun 16, 2026 from 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Four Neutron Planets and a Superkilonova" & "Our Evolving View on the Expansion of the Universe"

Jun 16, 2026 from 06:30 PM to 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

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Jun 17, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"A Complete Survey of the Catastrophic Universe: Science with 10,000 Supernovae"

Jun 17, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Digital Transformation Pathway: The Value of Hybrid Talent"

Jun 17, 2026 from 01:00 PM to 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"One Planet – Many Questions"

Jun 17, 2026 from 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Predicting the Gravitational Fields of Low-Surface-Brightness Spheroids"

Jun 18, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

"R&D of a Capacitive Sharing Micromegas Detector" & "Running of the Field-Space Geometry"

Jun 18, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Imagining, Designing, Launching, and Following the Construction of the ELT"

Jun 18, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Use and Misuse of Equations of State in Planetary Sciences"

Jun 18, 2026 from 02:15 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Imaging the Cosmic Web With the Keck Cosmic Web Imager"

Jun 18, 2026 from 03:15 PM to 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Abstract Submission Deadline – IR2026

Jun 22, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

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Let There Be Noise

Jun 24, 2026 from 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

from Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM to Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"The Physics and Modeling of Microwave Emission from the Milky Way"

Jun 25, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"With Supercomputers to Stars: Decoding Extreme Atmospheres of White Dwarfs"

Jun 25, 2026 from 02:15 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

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Registration Deadline – MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop

Jun 29, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Application Deadline – OSSS26

Jun 29, 2026 from 12:00 AM to 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Primordial Cosmology: Novel Perspectives From Scattering Amplitudes, Holography and the Bootstrap"

Jun 29, 2026

"Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes Conference 2026"

Jun 29, 2026

"Primordial Cosmology: Novel Perspectives From Scattering Amplitudes, Holography and the Bootstrap"

Jun 29, 2026

"Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes Conference 2026"

Jun 29, 2026

Munich Large-Scale Structure Day

Jun 30, 2026 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

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"Chemical Fingerprints of Stellar Evolution in Galactic Massive Stars"

Jun 15, 2026 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
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Jun 16, 2026 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
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"Through Polarized and Multi-Wavelength Light: Probing the Accretion Geometry in Neutron Star Low Mass X-Ray Binaries"

Jun 16, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Garching, Room: Auditorium Telescopium

"The Science and Technology of DUNE and Its Future as an International Neutrino Observatory"

Jun 16, 2026 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
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"Collapsars as Sources for Heavy Nuclei and High Energy Neutrinos: Implications for Icecube"

Jun 16, 2026 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPA, Room: Old Lecture Hall 401

"Imaging the Cosmic Web With the Keck Cosmic Web Imager"

Jun 18, 2026 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Garching, Room: Auditorium Eridanus

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Meet our MPA fellows

Whether by bike or on skis: outdoors is key!

April 24, 2026

Eric Rohr came to MPA to benefit from the numerical and scientific expertise here, and was not expecting the full programme of social events. 
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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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