News at MPA

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"Bridging Gaps in High-Mass Star Research: Physical Parameters, Formation and Evolution"

from Aug 10, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 4, 2026 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

“GraphGP: Scalable Gaussian Processes With Vecchia’s Approximation and Application to the SPHEREx Survey”

Sep 1, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Special MPA Cosmology Seminar

"Bridging Gaps in High-Mass Star Research: Physical Parameters, Formation and Evolution"

from Aug 10, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 4, 2026 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Bridging Gaps in High-Mass Star Research: Physical Parameters, Formation and Evolution"

from Aug 10, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 4, 2026 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Bridging Gaps in High-Mass Star Research: Physical Parameters, Formation and Evolution"

from Aug 10, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 4, 2026 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Boron in the Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy: From Astrochemistry to Prebiotic Chemistry"

Sep 4, 2026 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

LMU Open Science Summer School 2026 – Track 1: Open Science Knowledge and Skills

from Sep 7, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 11, 2026 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

Sep 8, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)

"NA62 Colloquium"

Sep 8, 2026 from 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

LMU Open Science Summer School 2026 – Track 2: Open Science Instructor Training

from Sep 14, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 15, 2026 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

“Simulating the High-Redshift Evolution of Massive Quiescent Galaxies”

Sep 14, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

Sep 14, 2026 from 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

Special Seminar on Monday, 3:30 p.m.

TBA

Sep 14, 2026 from 04:00 PM to 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

Special Seminar on Monday, begins at 3:30 p.m.

LMU Open Science Summer School 2026 – Track 2: Open Science Instructor Training

from Sep 14, 2026 09:00 AM to Sep 15, 2026 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Cluster Lensing in the Stage-IV Era"

Sep 15, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)

"Black Holes as Telescopes"

Sep 15, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

TBA

Sep 21, 2026 from 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

ORIGINS RU-D Science Day

Sep 29, 2026 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)

"Results From the PADME Experiment"

Sep 29, 2026 from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)

"The Universe at High Speed: The Digital Telescope"

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

Upcoming seminars

“GraphGP: Scalable Gaussian Processes With Vecchia’s Approximation and Application to the SPHEREx Survey”

Special MPA Cosmology Seminar
Sep 1, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPA, Room: A401

"Boron in the Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy: From Astrochemistry to Prebiotic Chemistry"

Sep 4, 2026 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPE, Room: New Seminar Room X5, 1.1.18 b

TBA

Sep 8, 2026 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
ESO Garching, Room: Auditorium Eridanus

"NA62 Colloquium"

Sep 8, 2026 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPP

"Die größte Geschichte aller Zeiten – das Universum"

Sep 10, 2026 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
TUM Maschinenwesen, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching b. München, Room: MW-1801

TBA

Special Seminar on Monday, 3:30 p.m.
Sep 14, 2026 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPA, Room: Lecture Hall E.0.11

TBA

Special Seminar on Monday, begins at 3:30 p.m.
Sep 14, 2026 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
MPA, Room: Lecture Hall E.0.11

Job Offers

Meet our MPA fellows

​​​​​​​​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. Selma E. de Mink

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 30000-2179
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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