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Germany’s role in unveiling the dark Universe more

An interdisciplinary research project between the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg (MPIA) and the universities of Heidelberg and Montpellier (France) aims to solve a mystery that is currently occupying astrophysicists: Was the early universe carbon rich?  The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the French National Research Agency (ANR) are now providing a total of 900,000 Euros for this challenging project. more

As the first in a new mission class, PRIMA advances to the stage of developing a full preliminary design. more

Astronomers captured the first complete image of a gas giant forming in the WISPIT 2 protoplanetary disk, revealing swirling gas interactions. more

Beyond probing the history of the universe, the NASA space telescope will test a new technique for examining exoplanets. more