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MPIA's Role in the Euclid Mission

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 Falcon 9 rocket. MPIA is a member of the Euclid Consortium and has been involved in the project…

Our biggest eye in space: Thomas Henning

June 28, 2023

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 tells us about the discovery of water in the planet-forming disk of young star PDS-70, as well as how…

Our biggest eye in space: Laura Kreidberg

June 28, 2023

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 of the exciting new findings made in this field using JWST data, and what was discovered on planets…

Our biggest eye in space

May 02, 2023

Opening event of the travelling exhibition “Our biggest eye in space” by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and the Haus der Astronomie about the James Webb Space Telescope – live from the Planetarium Mannheim, the first station of the exhibition. Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Thomas Henning from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy will report…

The James Webb Telescope and the search for exoplanets

November 04, 2022

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

Towards Molecular Complexity

November 01, 2022

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 2022.

Large telescopes up to the James Webb Space Telescope

October 11, 2022

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.

Planets are places

May 27, 2022

In this talk, Laura Kreidberg discusses future exploration of the atmospheres of Earth-like rocky planets.

James Webb is writing space history

December 17, 2021

In this contribution of the science program nano of the TV channel 3Sat, Thomas Henning and Oliver Krause explain the capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope. A few days before the planned launch, they show the capabilities and tasks of the telescope and convey the technical contributions of the MPIA to the instruments on board the JWST.

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