Events and Seminars at or with MPE

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The colloquium will start with coffee around 10:30 a.m., and the talk will begin at 11 a.m. [more]

You are cordially invited to next week’s talk: On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 13:00 CEST Prof. Dr. Maria Pina Limongelli (School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Construction Engineering, Politecnico di Milano) will talk about “Spaceborne Interferometry for Bridge Monitoring”. [more]

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Stellar astrophysics seminar series with student-accessible talks focused on the lives, deaths, and afterlives of stars. Topics include the physics of stellar interiors, stellar explosions, binaries and multiple stars, and gravitational astrophysics. [more]

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An astronomy talk for non-astronomers is scheduled for next week on 16 April, from 12:00 to 13:00 CEST, as a hybrid meeting in the Eridanus auditorium and online. [more]

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Cookies and coffee from 3 p.m. [more]

Die Einreichungsfrist für den Call for Proposals des Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2026 (9.–10. Dezember, Leipzig) endet am 26. Mai 2026. Eingereicht werden können Panels, Workshops, Kurzvorträge, Pitches sowie freie Formatideen – ausschließlich über das Onlineformular auf der Veranstaltungswebsite. [more]

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A four-week MIAPbP workshop in Garching on early galaxy formation, black holes, and reionization in the era of JWST, ALMA, SKA, and ELT.Registration is open; deadline September 7, 2025. Held June 1–26, 2026. [more]

The application deadline for the 5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (10–19 July 2026, UC Santa Cruz) is 5 June 2026. The school is intended for advanced graduate students and beginning postdoctoral researchers in nuclear and particle astrophysics. [more]

The Origin of the Stellar Initial Mass Function: From Core Mass Function to Stellar Mass Distribution [more]

TUM Diversity Day 2026 brings together speakers from academia, business, media, and the public sector for a full-day programme addressing authentic leadership, digital violence, structural barriers, and sustainable ways of integrating the different dimensions of life. The event is open to the entire TUM community and all interested participants; advance registration is required. [more]

A two-day workshop gathering women and non-binary researchers of the CaLISTA network at LMU Munich, featuring scientific talks and training sessions on gender bias in academia. Activities begin in the afternoon of June 12 and continue in the morning of June 13. [more]

The registration deadline for the ESO workshop NUCLEI 2026 (November 16–20, 2026, ESO Santiago, Chile) is June 20, 2026. [more]

All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

Registration deadline for the MIAPbP Neutrino Workshop (February 8 – March 5, 2027). [more]

Workshop on the origin of structure in the universe, focusing on new theoretical perspectives in primordial cosmology. [more]

Supermassive Black Holes and Blue Notes: Advancing the Frontiers of Astrophysics [more]

All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

Scientific workshop dedicated to the study of AGN feedback across different spatial scales, gas phases, and cosmic epochs. [more]

All lectures take place in the MPA Large Seminar Room E.0.11 [more]

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The 5th Santa Cruz School on Multi-Messenger Astrophysics is a ten-day summer school intended for advanced graduate students and beginning postdoctoral researchers interested in nuclear and particle astrophysics — theory, experiment, or observation. Local costs of participants are covered; bus transportation to and from SFO airport is provided. [more]

A community-wide five-day workshop bringing together astronomers from a wide range of research backgrounds to identify the key scientific challenges of the 2040s and the transformational ground-based facilities required to address them. In-person participation is limited to 150 participants; remote participation is free of charge. [more]

Focused summer school on geoastronomy and origins of life, featuring leading experts in planetary science and astrobiology. [more]

The ISAPP Summer School 2026 introduces PhD students and young researchers to the low-energy frontier of astroparticle physics, with a focus on dark matter and neutrinos from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. The two-week programme at the Garching Research Campus combines lectures by international experts with interactive discussions, Q&A sessions, and hands-on sessions. [more]

An interdisciplinary MIAPbP programme advancing research on massive stars from formation to final fate. [more]

The Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2026 takes place in The Hague, Netherlands, bringing together the planetary science community for six days of scientific sessions, including oral and poster presentations on all aspects of planetary research. [more]

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Chemical Reaction Networks: from Cell Metabolism to Design Principles for Synthetic Life [more]

The application deadline for the 20th Vatican Observatory Summer School 2027 (May 30 - June 25, 2027, Castel Gandolfo, Italy) is September 30, 2026. The school is intended for advanced undergraduate and early postgraduate students in astronomy; there is no required attendance fee. [more]

NUCLEI 2026 is a five-day ESO workshop focused on the structural and dynamical diversity of galactic nuclei, covering nuclear star clusters, intermediate-mass black holes, supermassive black holes, stripped galactic nuclei, and ultra-compact dwarfs. The workshop provides a forum to assess recent progress, present first results from new facilities, and discuss the future of galaxy nuclei science. [more]

Das Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation widmet sich 2026 dem Schwerpunktthema „Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt in Krisenzeiten" und bringt die Wisskomm-Community für zwei Tage in der Leipziger Kongresshalle am Zoo zusammen. Das Programm umfasst Panels, Workshops, Kurzvorträge, Pitches und freie Formatideen. [more]

This workshop brings together theoretical and experimental experts to address key questions in neutrino astrophysics, including cosmic neutrino sources, multi-messenger synergies, and future detection strategies. [more]

The 20th Vatican Observatory Summer School brings together advanced undergraduate and early postgraduate students in astronomy for an intensive four-week programme on the late stages of stellar evolution, covering stellar interiors, nucleosynthesis, dust formation, mass loss, and the use of evolved stars as distance indicators and population tracers. There is no required fee to attend; financial support for travel and housing is available. [more]