Scientific highlights 2020: many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year
more Our deepest view of the X-ray sky June 19, 2020 Astronomy Astrophysics Black
Scientists have been finding ring-like structures indicating planet formation in the disks surrounding young Sun-like stars for several years. Astronomers led by Nicolas Kurtovic from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany, have now detected similar signal in disks of young very low-mass stars that are considerably smaller and less massive than their counterparts. Although these stars represent the vast majority of the stellar population, they only host 10% of the known exoplanets to date, including terrestrial and Jupiter-like planets. While theorists have yet to derive a satisfying model that explains the formation of such giant planets inside the rather low-mass disks of the smallest stars, the new results are the beginning of a systematic investigation to solving this mystery.
The black symbols represent the data obtained from the measured brightness distribution
Alessandra Buonanno, director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, received one of the 2021 Balzan Prizes.
the inspiral and merger of two very compact objects, such as neutron stars and black
An overview of the unique characteristics of the four prominent telescopes Hubble, James Webb, Euclid and Vera C. Rubin, which observe the universe from different perspectives. The article also explains in very general terms what information is contained in the data and images from telescopes.
Euclid’s goal is to study dark matter, which is invisible but influences the movement
An overview of the unique characteristics of the four prominent telescopes Hubble, James Webb, Euclid and Vera C. Rubin, which observe the universe from different perspectives. The article also explains in very general terms what information is contained in the data and images from telescopes.
Euclid’s goal is to study dark matter, which is invisible but influences the movement
An overview of the unique characteristics of the four prominent telescopes Hubble, James Webb, Euclid and Vera C. Rubin, which observe the universe from different perspectives. The article also explains in very general terms what information is contained in the data and images from telescopes.
Euclid’s goal is to study dark matter, which is invisible but influences the movement
An overview of the unique characteristics of the four prominent telescopes Hubble, James Webb, Euclid and Vera C. Rubin, which observe the universe from different perspectives. The article also explains in very general terms what information is contained in the data and images from telescopes.
Euclid’s goal is to study dark matter, which is invisible but influences the movement
Scientific highlights 2020: many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year
more Our deepest view of the X-ray sky June 19, 2020 Astronomy Astrophysics Black
Scientific highlights 2020: many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year
more Our deepest view of the X-ray sky June 19, 2020 Astronomy Astrophysics Black
Our Yearbook 2016 showcases the research carried out at the Max Planck Institutes. We selected a few reports to illustrate the variety and diversity of topics and projects.
low-frequency gravitational waves, which are emitted by, e. g., binary supermassive black
