Klaus Paschek of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has been awarded the Otto Haxel Dissertation Prize in Physics for his outstanding PhD thesis. In his work, he explores how the first building blocks of life may have formed on the early Earth. more

Planet found after more than ten years of hide-and-seek. more

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Results cast doubt on a seemingly reliable tool for inferring the origins of gas planets more

Caroline Gieser, postdoctoral researcher in the Department Planet Formation and Exoplanets at MPIA, will be awarded the Ludwig Biermann Prize at the annual meeting of the German Astronomical Society (AG) in September. more