Upcoming Seminars and Lectures

Der Satellit eROSITA beobachtet den gesamten Himmel im Röntgenbereich. Entwickelt und gebaut am Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) in Garching, startete er am 13. Juli 2019 vom Weltraumbahnhof Baikonur, und hat insgesamt vier komplette Himmelsdurchmusterungen durchgeführt. Dabei beobachtete er mehr als eine Million Quellen, viele davon waren vorher unbekannt. Dr. Susanne Friedrich vom MPE wird beim Café&Kosmos erzählen, wie eROSITA damit die Struktur des Universums untersucht und kosmologische Modelle einschließlich der dunklen Energie testet. Sie wird zudem vorstellen, welche weiteren Ergebnisse die Astronom*innen bisher aus den eROSITA-Daten über unzählige Himmelsobjekte wie Aktive Galaxienkerne, supermassereiche Schwarze Löcher, Doppelsterne und Supernovaüberreste gewinnen konnten. [more]

Are you interested in learning about how to use ground- and space-based telescope data? Are you interested in learning about a broad range of topics in astronomy? Then this summer school is the perfect opportunity for you! The ESO-Gruber summer school will provide lectures on topics of Exoplanets, Star and planet formation, Galactic astronomy, Transients, AGNs, Gravitational waves, Galaxy evolution, and high-redshift universe. The lectures will be focused on the most interesting questions currently under debate in each topic. There will also be plenty of time for hands-on experience with archival data from the current most powerful telescopes in the world; ALMA, VLA, JWST, VLT, and VLTI. The hands-on session for each telescope will have exercises on various topics covered by the school so that you can learn to use the data in a way that is most relevant to your interest. [more]

This is the initial announcement for the upcoming ESO workshop "Galactic Ecosystems under the Microscope: Lessons from High-Resolution Studies" at ESO Garching, 7-11 July 2025. This workshop will explore the latest developments in resolved galaxy properties and evolution. With next-generation observatories such as JWST, ELT and SKA, and upgrades to ALMA and VLA, a new era is being entered in understanding these critical aspects of galaxies throughout cosmic history. The aim is to bring together experts working on observational, theoretical and numerical approaches to address the following key questions How do galaxies assemble their baryonic constituents?What mechanisms regulate star formation and feedback in nearby galaxies?How does small-scale physics relate to the global properties of galaxies? [more]