Using a state-of-the-art galaxy simulation, a team led by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) gained new insights into the processes shaping galactic centres across the Universe and the formation history of the Milky Way, bridging theory and observations.

[more]

The German eROSITA Consortium (eROSITA-DE), with the participation of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), has released its second major public dataset, eROSITA Data Release 2 (DR2). Built from the first three all-sky scans of the eROSITA telescope aboard the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission, DR2 provides the most sensitive and comprehensive catalogue of the X-ray sky currently available to the public.

[more]

As part of the Long Night of Astronomy, the AIP is offering a special program for the partial solar eclipse on August 12, 2026.The event starts with talks from the Solar Physics research group, then visitors have the opportunity to watch the Sun in Park Babelsberg.

[more]

Cosmic events are determined by two natural forces: gravity and magnetic fields. The magnetic field research at the AIP is mainly focused on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations, the magnetically induced activities on the Sun and the stars, solar coronaphysics as well as space weather in our solar system and on planets around other stars.

[more]

Galaxies are fundamental cosmic building blocks. At the largest scales, they serve as markers to study the distribution of matter in the universe - active galaxies and quasars are particularly important because of their intrinsic brightness. Nearby objects can be spatially resolved and consist of populations with very different patterns of motion, star formation histories and chemical abundances.

[more]