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MPE and IUCAA establish Max Planck Partner Group to advance astrophysics research more

The Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Garching is inviting the public to take part in the ‘Space Warps’ citizen science project on the Zooniverse platform. Volunteers are asked to identify strong gravitational lenses in as yet unpublished images from ESA’s Euclid space telescope. Scientists expect over 10,000 new candidates – more than in 50 years of all previous discoveries combined. more

Die MPE-Doktorandin Sarah Pappert erhält den ZONTA International Women in STEM Award für ihre Arbeit am MICADO‑Instrument und ihr Engagement für Frauen in der Forschung. more

Here you can find images, videos and graphics for download for the MPE-article “Space Telescope Studies Solar System X-ray Glow”
You are free to use the visuals for your own eROSITA reporting, please give the appropriate credit with each visual. more

SRG/eROSITA reveals how our Solar System modifies the appearance of the X-ray sky more

For his lecture on black holes in the master’s program in astrophysics at LMU, MPE researcher Stefan Gillessen has been awarded the Von Seeliger Prize for best lecturer. more

New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our Galaxy’s center is responsible for creating a series enigmatic gas clouds — compact gas clumps that help feed the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. more

A Cosmic Laboratory for Planet Formation in the WISPIT-2 System more

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Hydrogen atmosphere could keep exomoons habitable for billions of years more

Munich astronomers image and model extremely rare gravitationally lensed supernova more

Astronomers have uncovered a rare and unexpectedly complex pattern of X-ray eruptions in the source eRASSt J2344, the most luminous tidal disruption event discovered by SRG/eROSITA.  more