On Thursday, 16 April 2026, starting at 7:15 pm, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) invites to the next Babelsberg Starry Night Live at the AIP research campus in Babelsberg. Dr. Marcel Pawlowski will give a public lecture on “Dancing galaxies, Dark Matter and other Mysteries”. On the same evening, the YouTube channel Urknall, Weltall und das Leben will publish a virtual lecture by Dr. Daniel Sablowski on "Analysing light". Please note that both lectures will be given in German.

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With the approval of the new Leibniz ScienceCampus “Multiscale Challenges: from Astrophysics to Climate Models,” the Leibniz Association is launching an ambitious initiative to bring together leading expertise from astrophysics, climate science, and applied mathematics. At the same time, the funding marks a milestone for Brandenburg.

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Two new studies have measured the expansion of the Universe in our immediate cosmic neighborhood using a novel method that analyzes the motion of two nearby galaxy groups within their surrounding cosmic flow. The results indicate that the local Universe is expanding more slowly than previously estimated.

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Researchers from the University of Bologna and the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and other Institutes have proposed a new way to address the “Hubble tension” by comparing estimates of the Universe’s age rather than its expansion rate. Using precise stellar data, they determined ages for carefully selected very old Milky Way stars and found a most likely age of about 13.6 billion years.

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As part of the Girls' Day / Future Day Brandenburg on April 23, 2026, twenty female students can gain exciting insights into the fascinating world of astronomy and the work at an astrophysical research institute.

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