News and Recent Results

Former MPE PhD student honored for her outstanding dissertation more

Dr. Esra Bulbul, scientist at MPE, has been selected for the prestigious Henriette Herz Scouting Program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a distinction that recognizes her academic excellence, international research leadership, and commitment to fostering the next generation of scientists. more

Missing baryons found in galaxy cluster outskirts.
Research uncovers 90% of missing baryonic matter in galaxy cluster outskirts, enhancing cosmic structure understanding. more

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

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

The eROSITA X-ray telescope operated by a Consortium led by the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) made a surprising discovery concerning Quasars—supermassive black holes actively devouring matter. more

First light marks the start of an ambitious mission to decode the physical and chemical fingerprints of thousands of celestial objects at once. more

Einstein Probe satellite, a collaboration of, among others, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has captured an extraordinary celestial event: an X-ray outburst from a rare binary system. This discovery sheds new light on the evolution of massive stars and demonstrates the unique capabilities of Einstein Probe in detecting transient X-ray sources. more

Einstein Probe has opened a new window onto the distant X-ray Universe, promising new views of the most faraway explosions in the cosmos. Less than three months after launch, the spacecraft already discovered a puzzling blast of X-rays that could require a change the way we explain the extraordinary explosions known as gamma-ray bursts.
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