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.

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

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

Our biggest eye in space: Silvia Scheithauer

In order to work in outer space, the various instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope had to undergo a series of rigorous tests. Among these instruments is the MIRI, with its filter wheel built and tested by MPIA staff, including Dr. Silvia… more

The MICADO instrument for the ELT

MICADO 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

The METIS instrument for the ELT

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

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