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The Perek Telescope in Ondřejov. A very large building with a partially open dome.

Astronomy live – Workshop at the Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic

University of Potsdam celebrates 100th anniversary of the DAAD

The oldest and largest observatory in the Czech Republic is located in Ondřejov near Prague. It is used for scientific observation of the sun and …
Infrarotbild eines massereichen Sterns

Moving fast – How “runaway stars” shape the landscape of galactic supernova remnants

Media Information 11-09-2025 / Nr. 084

Considering the star movement is an important, yet hitherto neglected ingredient for the study of the supernova-remnant population at very-high-energy …
Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich stands in front of a red staircase.

If I Could, I Would … Travel to the Remote Expanses of Our Universe! – With astrophysicist Tim Dietrich

My wish would be to visit a very special type of star in a spaceship – namely, a neutron star. These extremely dense celestial objects result from a …
Sternhaufen innerhalb der Galaxie Kleine Magellansche Wolke, 200.000 Lichtjahre entfernt

Stellar Wind – Potsdam Researchers analyze James Webb Space Telescope data

Media information 09-05-2025 / Nr. 051

For the first time, infrared signatures of stellar winds from massive stars in a galaxy other than the Milky Way have been detected in NASA’s James …
Artistic representation of a neutron star and an atomic nucleus.

Extreme Density – How to physically describe the state of neutron stars

Neutron stars are what can remain from a massive star when it collapses in a supernova. They are formed from extremely compressed matter that is …
Computeranimierte Illustration der Mondoberfläche mit einer Anlage zur Produktion von Solarzellen.

Solar cells on Moon glass – Photovoltaics could provide energy for a future base on Earth's satellite

Media information 04-04-2025 / No. 034

Putting material into space is very expensive - transporting one kilogram to the Moon costs one million euros. So it makes sense to use the resources …
18-year-old Anna Maria Weiß

Career Aspiration: Astrophysicist – Potsdam student Anna Maria Weiß has discovered a planet

Anna Maria Weiß is fascinated by space – above all, how unexplored it is. But the 18-year-old is doing her part to ensure that it doesn’t stay that …
Artist’s impression of a warp bubble collapse (AI)

What no one has seen before – simulation of gravitational waves from failing warp drive

Medieninformation 29-07-2024 / Nr. 076

Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades. Although …
Künstlerische Darstellung der Turbulenzwirbel in der Magnetosphäre der Erde von großen zu kleinen Skalen. Eine zunehmende Helligkeit zeigt eine steigende Nichtlinearität an.

Toward unification of turbulence framework – weak-to-strong transition discovered in turbulence

Media Information 12-04-2024 / Nr. 023

Astrophysicists from the University of Potsdam have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by …
Numerical simulation of the resulting ejecta material of two merging neutron stars. Red colors refer to ejected material with a high fraction of neutrons which will appear typically redder than blue material that contains a higher fraction of protons.

Studying neutron stars on many channels in parallel

An international team of researchers, including the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, has developed a …