Virtual Babelsberg Starry Night

From 6 p.m. on Thursday, Anika Beer’s lecture on the topic "How massive stars form galaxies" from the Babelsberg Starry Night series will be available online. The lecture will be held in German.

Massive stars are proportionally fewer in number than low-mass stars, but they have a much greater influence on their environment and the evolution of galaxies. In this lecture, we will learn about the life cycle of massive stars as well as some exotic phases. In addition, the following questions will be answered: How heavy is the most massive star? What role do massive stars play in galaxy evolution? And: How can we actually observe these stars?

This season, the Babelsberg Starry Nights will not take place on site at the AIP, but will come straight to your home: on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 6 p.m. the lectures are available at https://www.aip.de/babelsberger-sternennaechte and on the Youtube channel of Urknall, Weltall und das Leben and can be viewed at any time afterwards.