Videos featuring the MPIA directors

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg is one of about 80 institutes of the Max Planck Society. Here, scientists use computer simulations and observations to investigate the formation of planets and stars, study the structure of our… more

Interviews with the directors Thomas Henning and Hans-Walter Rix. more

In this Deutsche Welle TV feature, Laura Kreidberg describes how she explores exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope. more

In this talk, Thomas Henning explains the findings on biochemistry that led to the origin of life on Earth and possibly on other celestial bodies. The talk was a contribution to the conference “Life In The Universe” in Sofia, Bulgaria in October… more

In his lecture, Thomas Henning presents the development of large telescopes. He also discusses the ELT (Extremely Large Telescope) and the James Webb Space Telescope. more