Homepage Newsroom Astronomy Einstein@Home reveals mysterious gamma-ray source February 02, 2021 Astronomy Astrophysics Computing project finds neutron star in an exotic binary system using data from NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope more Peering inside the birthplaces of planets orbiting the smallest stars January 28, 2021 Astronomy Astrophysics Astronomers detect ring structures in the planet forming disks of young, very low-mass stars. more Cosmic brick factory January 21, 2021 Astronomy Astrophysics A new instrument reveals the site for planet birth around a young star more The dance of massive stellar couples January 20, 2021 Astronomy Astrophysics Astronomers find evidence for stars of young binary systems to approach one another within the first million years after birth more Scientific highlights 2020 December 21, 2020 Ageing Astronomy Astrophysics Black Holes Brain Corona Evolutionary Biology Galaxies Genome Editing (Crispr) Language Materials Sciences (M&T) Neanderthals Neurobiology Quantum Physics Structural Biology Synthetic Biology Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 13 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more Show more