Newsroom – Category: Physics & Astrophysics

The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex opto-mechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy more

Astronomical images not only look beautiful, they also provide a wealth of information. What's behind it and what distinguishes four prominent telescopes? An overview. more

A highly concentrated beam of light from the center of the galaxy OP 313 allows researchers to infer the energy density of the light from all stars and galaxies around more

A newly detected star orbits the central black hole of our Milky Way closer than any other known star and therefore experiences, how the rotating black hole drags the surrounding spacetime along more

Three supermassive black holes in a distant—and therefore very old—galaxy offer a glimpse into how black holes merged and grew in the early universe  more

The world’s largest solar telescope made small vortices visible that are changing our understanding of the sun more

Second data release nearly doubles the previously known eROSITA X-ray sources to two million more

After more than ten years of playing hide-and-seek, researchers have discovered one of the lightest planets ever directly imaged more

The Sunrise III mission offers a completely new view of the sun. First results have now been published more

A black hole in our cosmic neighborhood is proving to be just as voracious as those that existed shortly after the universe's formation more