Videos for the general public

On this page you will find videos for the general public. They explain scientific topics, technical developments and provide exciting news from the MPIA.

Euclid – the new space telescope

Euclid – the new space telescope

Video February 07, 2024

Euclid is a new ESA space telescope with the participation of a scientific consortium from fourteen European countries, the USA, Canada and Japan. Euclid was launched on 1 July 2023. Over the next 6 years, Euclid will record images and spectra of a… more

MPIA International

MPIA International

Video January 10, 2024

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, employs people from around 60 countries from all over the world. On the occasion of the Open Day on 14 October 2023, we have produced a video in which some of them introduce… more

Trailer Open Day 2023

Trailer Open Day 2023

Video August 17, 2023

This video gives a brief overview of MPIA and announces the Open Day 2023. more

Ein Blick ins Universum

Ein Blick ins Universum

Video July 13, 2023

In this short documentary, Oliver Krause reports on the MPIA's contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope and other future projects. The documentary was filmed as part of the YouTube channel "Quasi klar!" at the MPIA.The video provides… more

MPIA's Role in the Euclid Mission

MPIA's Role in the Euclid Mission

Video June 30, 2023

This video introduces the team at MPIA working on Euclid, an ESA mission designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark universe. This space telescope is set to launch on 1 July 2023 at 17:11 h CEST from Cape Canaveral using a SpaceX… more

Our biggest eye in space: Thomas Henning

The James Webb Space Telescope allows us to see what kind of molecules exist in the regions where planets are forming, and offers an insight into how the building-blocks for complex organic molecules arrived on Earth. MPIA director Thomas Henning… more

Our biggest eye in space: Laura Kreidberg

The James Webb Space Telescope allows us to characterize the atmospheres of distant exoplanets like never before - including the seven rocky planets orbiting red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. In this video, MPIA director Laura Kreidberg describes the some… more

Our biggest eye in space: Oliver Krause

Thanks to infrared instruments like MIRI, the James Webb Space Telescope allows us to study some of the oldest and most distant objects in the universe. Oliver Krause, head of the Infrared Space Astronomy Research Group, describes the technical… more

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