Videos illustrating the technology of telescopes and scientific instrumentation

METIS is one of the three first instruments for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), Europe’s next-generation ground-based telescope for optical and infrared wavelengths which is currently under construction at the ESO site at Cerro Armazones in… 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

The entire astronomically interested world is waiting impatiently for the first images and scientific data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian… more

There are over a million known asteroids in our solar system. Because they are much smaller than the planets in our solar system, they cannot be distinguished from stars at first glance. On the occasion of Asteroid Day on 30 June, we look at how you… more

For a better understanding of the Universe, astronomers are using ever larger telescopes and ever more powerful instruments, whose development and production is usually at the edge of what is technically feasible. The Max Planck Institute for… more