Newsroom – Category: Physics & Astrophysics

If comet ISON survives its close shave with the Sun on 28 November, it should appear as a bright object in the morning sky more

While amateur astronomers are waiting excitedly for the solar fly-by of comet ISON, researchers are already revealing the first properties of the stranger more

For millenia, people of all cultures have been fascinated by the Milky Way. But what's behind the diffusely gleaming band of light that stretches across the sky on clear nights? more

When we look up to the sky on a dark, clear summer night (rare in Germany) we see the shimmering band of the Milky Way stretching from horizon to horizon. This is our home in the Universe, a galaxy consisting of approximately one hundred billion stars. more

The ALMA telescope installation begins delivering images of fresh planets, young stars, and distant galaxies. more