Abstract design with overlapping concentric circles in blue and green tones, showcasing a central S-shaped pattern in a dynamic layout.

Triple Stellar Systems as Gravitational Wave Sources

A Universe made of Black Holes?

A Universe made of Black Holes?
How stars stay young and spin slowly

How stars stay young and spin slowly
A New Cosmic Ruler: Measuring the Hubble Constant with Type II Supernovae

A New Cosmic Ruler: Measuring the Hubble Constant with Type II Supernovae
Simulating the birth, life and dispersal of galactic star clusters

Simulating the birth, life and dispersal of galactic star clusters
Elliptical galaxy at the center of a galaxy cluster with inset showing detailed structure.

Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring
Debugging Galaxy Evolution with L-GALAXIES

Debugging Galaxy Evolution with L-GALAXIES
Researchers capture direct high-definition image of the “Cosmic Web”

Researchers capture direct high-definition image of the “Cosmic Web”

News at MPA

New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

April 01, 2025

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is now ready to be assembled at its destination in the Atacama Desert. Planned to take up operations in April 2026, it will be able to look all the way back to the Big Bang, revealing new details about star and galaxy formation.
 
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MPA launches Mentorship Program to support aspiring astronomers

MPA launches Mentorship Program to support aspiring astronomers

February 12, 2025

The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) is excited to announce the launch of its new Mentorship Program, designed to connect aspiring astronomers from underrepresented groups with researchers at the institute. This initiative aims to increase diversity and inclusion in theoretical and computational astrophysics, offering participants valuable guidance and insights into the field.
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Prime Focus Spectrograph on Subaru Telescope to begin scientific operations in February       <br> 

Prime Focus Spectrograph on Subaru Telescope to begin scientific operations in February        

January 13, 2025

Researchers have finished equipping the Subaru Telescope with a new special “compound eye” culminating several years of effort. This new instrument features approximately 2,400 fibers scattered across the extremely wide field of view available at the Subaru Telescope’s primary focus, allowing for simultaneous spectroscopic observation of thousands of celestial objects. This unrivaled capability will help researchers precisely understand the formation and evolution of galaxies and the Universe once it begins scientific operations in February 2025.
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Title 1: "Probing Galaxy Cluster Mergers by Combining Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing in the JWST Era"; Title 2: "Statistical Analysis of Radio Relics Using Numerical Simulations"

Jul 1, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

From Random Forests to Transformers: Evolving Machine Learning for Time-Domain Astronomy in ALeRCE

Jul 1, 2025 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

The impact of close encounters and planets on the formation and evolution of solar system analogs, the debris disk systems

Jul 1, 2025 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Flux calibration: For the physics in astrophysics shouldn't we use SI-units (and why SI and not IS)

Jul 2, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

The legacy analysis of KiDS – a blueprint for Stage 4 surveys

Jul 2, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

The importance and difficulty of far-infrared astronomy

Jul 2, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

ESO Lunch Talk

Jul 2, 2025 from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Title 1: Gravitational Waves from Core-Collapse Supernovae as probes of the high-energy Equation of State; Title 2: Formation of Massive Multiple-Star Systems. Early Migration & Mergers

Jul 2, 2025 from 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

A Meta-Learning Framework for decoding black hole information from optical variability

Jul 2, 2025 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Title 1: [C II] emission as a tracer of stellar feedback in the first galaxies; Title 2: Tracing the structure, accretion history, and mass of the Milky Way with outer halo RR Lyrae stars in the DESI Milky Way Survey

Jul 3, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

All That Matters: Lesson(s) learned from the high-energy Equation of State in Core-Collapse Supernovae

Jul 3, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Revealing the Cosmic Build-up of Interstellar Dust with Space Telescopes — The Nearby Universe as a Laboratory

Jul 3, 2025 from 03:15 PM to 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)

Galactic Ecosystems Under The Microscope: Lessons From Highly-Resolved Studies

from Jul 7, 2025 12:00 AM to Jul 11, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Galactic Ecosystems Under The Microscope: Lessons From Highly-Resolved Studies

from Jul 7, 2025 12:00 AM to Jul 11, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Mental Load—How to Stay Positive During Change and Crises

Jul 8, 2025 from 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Galactic Ecosystems Under The Microscope: Lessons From Highly-Resolved Studies

from Jul 7, 2025 12:00 AM to Jul 11, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Galactic Ecosystems Under The Microscope: Lessons From Highly-Resolved Studies

from Jul 7, 2025 12:00 AM to Jul 11, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Galactic Ecosystems Under The Microscope: Lessons From Highly-Resolved Studies

from Jul 7, 2025 12:00 AM to Jul 11, 2025 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

Upcoming seminars

Title 1: "Probing Galaxy Cluster Mergers by Combining Strong and Weak Gravitational Lensing in the JWST Era"; Title 2: "Statistical Analysis of Radio Relics Using Numerical Simulations"

Jul 1, 2025 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPA, Garching, Room: MPA large seminar room E.0.11 and via zoom

From Random Forests to Transformers: Evolving Machine Learning for Time-Domain Astronomy in ALeRCE

Jul 1, 2025 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Headquarters, Garching, Room: ESO Auditorium "Telescopium" and online

The impact of close encounters and planets on the formation and evolution of solar system analogs, the debris disk systems

Jul 1, 2025 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Headquarters, Garching, Room: ESO Auditorium "Fornax" and online

Flux calibration: For the physics in astrophysics shouldn't we use SI-units (and why SI and not IS)

Jul 2, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Headquarters, Garching, Room: ESO Library

The legacy analysis of KiDS – a blueprint for Stage 4 surveys

Jul 2, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
USM, Scheinerstr. 1, München, Room: and via zoom

The importance and difficulty of far-infrared astronomy

Jul 2, 2025 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Boltzmannstarße 2, Garching, Room: Cluster, Groud Floor Seminar Room

ESO Lunch Talk

Jul 2, 2025 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Headquarters, Garching, Room: ESO Auditorium "Eridanus" and online

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Meet our MPA fellows

Spirals, waves and gliding along

Spirals, waves and gliding along

September 06, 2023

While concerned with massive objects such as neutron stars and black holes in her work, Martyna Chruslinska loves the lightweight feeling of figure skating in her spare time.
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A look back forward

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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About MPA

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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
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