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Observations of planetary cradles find water and conditions for forming Earth-like planets even in harsh environments

Observations of planetary cradles find water and conditions for forming Earth-like planets even in harsh environments

November 30, 2023

Planets like our Earth, including planets with water, could form even in the harshest known star-forming environments, drenched by hard UV light from massive stars. more

JWST peers into the atmosphere of a fluffy exoplanet

JWST peers into the atmosphere of a fluffy exoplanet

November 15, 2023

Observations with JWST’s MIRI detect water vapour, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of WASP-107b. more

Close-up of two people in surgical clothing and FFP masks working on a shiny, bright metal apparatus. On the left of the picture is an optical lens, about the size of the palm of the hand, set in a metal frame, on the right is the metal frame on which the lens system is to be placed.

Development work with a clear perspective

November 07, 2023

The Euclid space telescope contains technology from two Max Planck Institutes more

A tidy-looking picture with elliptical, bluish glowing spots of various sizes in the foreground, some with recognisable structures reminiscent of a vortex, against a black background with scattered sharp, bluish dots and yellowish diffuse spots.

On the trail of the dark side of the universe

November 07, 2023

Euclid space telescope delivers first scientific images more

New observations confirm important step in star formation

New observations confirm important step in star formation

October 17, 2023

New observations have confirmed a key step in the process of star formation: a rotating “cosmic wind” made of molecules, which is vitally important for collapsing gas clouds to contract sufficiently so as to form a hot, dense young star. The result was obtained from radio observations, combined with a sophisticated analysis that allowed astronomers to probe the flow of matter around a young star in the dark cloud CB26 in greater detail than ever before. The work has been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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