Homepage Newsroom Black Holes 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 Dozens of new gravitational-wave events October 29, 2020 Astronomy Astrophysics Black Holes Gravitational Waves New LIGO/Virgo catalog contains 50 signals, several from unusual sources more Two Nobel Prize wins October 08, 2020 Astronomy Astrophysics Awards Black Holes Genome Editing (Crispr) Microbiology (B&M) Emmanuelle Charpentier honoured with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Reinhard Genzel wins Nobel Prize in Physics more Reinhard Genzel receives the Nobel Prize for Physics 2020 October 06, 2020 Astrophysics Awards Black Holes The Max Planck director is honoured for his observations of the black hole in the galactic center more The ring around the black hole glitters September 23, 2020 Astronomy Astrophysics Black Holes Galaxies Astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope conclude from archive data how the surroundings of the mass monster in the galaxy M 87 have changed more Show more