Newsroom – Category: Physics & Astrophysics

Comprehensive scientific dataset sets standards and provides insights into the depths of the universe – thanks in part to strong German participation more

Frank-Walter Steinmeier and a delegation visit some of the largest astronomical observatories threatened by a planned industrial plant on the Chilean coast more

Neural network registers gravitational wave signal from neutron star collisions early on and shows telescopes where to find the subsequent kilonova explosion in the sky more

Just a few months after it was launched, the spacecraft observed one of the most violent flare eruptions on the sun – from its origin to its full release. more

Until now, physics has differentiated between fermions and bosons, but now there is evidence of a third type of particle more

Even after complete deforestation, the average annual precipitation would not change significantly - but its distribution over the year and the region would more

The neutrino observatory KM3Net is located in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea and measures a cosmic neutrino at the highest energies to date more

Data from the former ROSAT X-ray satellite have revealed a network of 68 galaxy clusters in the nearby universe, stretching over 1.4 billion light-years.  more

In 2022, the Garching-based start-up planqc, a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, joined the race to develop quantum computers with its own innovative technical approach. The company's first quantum computers are expected to be operational by 2027. more

Data from the Esa Euclid telescope enable precise analysis of an Einstein ring around the galaxy core of NGC 6505 and thus the surrounding dark matter more