Newsroom – Category: Physics & Astrophysics

The space observatory launches into space with equipment developed and built at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy more

Interview with Oliver Krause from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy about the James Webb Space Telescope more

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2021 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more

Radioactive radiation could damage biological tissue also via a previously unnoticed mechanism more

Astronomers obtain the deepest and sharpest images to date of the region around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way more

The theory of general relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars more

A combination of organic materials and electronics could open up new possibilities for unconventional future computing systems
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Researchers discover an object around the most massive stellar couple to date more

Computer simulations show that binary stars produce a large amount of this vital element more

Klaus Hasselmann, founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 together with Syukuro Manabe (USA) and Giorgio Parisi (Italy) more