Videos for the general public

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

On 25 October 2022, a partial lunar eclipse will take place at midday, during which between 15 and 35% of the Sun will be eclipsed in the German-speaking countries. This is an excellent opportunity to take a look at the formation and course of solar… more

The legendary Hubble Ultra-Deep Field is the sky field for which the best observations exist in many wavelengths. Until now, it has mainly been used to study the stars in high-redshift galaxies. New observations with ALMA now make it possible to also… more

According to a widespread idea, the Universe is infinitely large. However, this model cannot really be rigorously verified. The lecture will convey the state of knowledge of astronomy on this topic and discuss in particular how large the observable… more

In recent years, Gaia has already enabled many groundbreaking results in astrophysics with its astrometric accuracy. In the third data release, which was published in June this year, 220 million spectra were added for the first time. These spectra… more

Galaxies are not solitary entities. The Milky Way is also surrounded by numerous dwarf galaxies; if one of these dwarf galaxies gets too close to the Milky Way, it will be destroyed by it through tidal forces. In addition, the Milky Way even has a… more

Looking all the way back to the birth of the first stars and galaxies, finding exoplanets and using infrared cameras to peer into the time shortly after the Big Bang. This is what the new James Webb telescope is supposed to make possible. Now the… more