Virtual lecture: Babelsberg Starry Night on 16 May 2024

Two galaxies standing close to each other, one seen from the side, the other one face-on. A spiral structure is recognisable in this one.

The object UGC 9618 consists of two interacting spiral galaxies, made up of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter.

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
May 15, 2024 //

The next talk of the Virtual Babelsberg Starry Nights of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) will be broadcast on the YouTube channel “videowissen” from Thursday, 16th May 2024.

On Thursday at 7 p.m., Dr Elena Sacchi's lecture on ‘A simple Recipe to make a Galaxy’ from the Babelsberg Starry Nights series will be online. Galaxies come in different shapes and sizes, but just like cakes or pies, the main basic ingredients are always the same. In her lecture, the scientist explains what makes the galaxies nevertheless different, which mechanisms are driving the galaxy formation and evolution, and influencing their structure and appearance. She also discusses which impact interactions between galaxies have and how they affect their types and sizes.

Usually on the 3rd Thursday of each month, starting at 7 or 8 p.m., the lectures of the Virtual Babelsberg Starry Nights become available at

https://www.aip.de/babelsberger-sternennaechte

and via the YouTube channels "Urknall, Weltall und das Leben" (Big Bang, Universe and Life) or "videowissen" and can be viewed afterwards at any time.

Two galaxies standing close to each other, one seen from the side, the other one face-on. A spiral structure is recognisable in this one.

The object UGC 9618 consists of two interacting spiral galaxies, made up of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter.

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
May 15, 2024 //

The next talk of the Virtual Babelsberg Starry Nights of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) will be broadcast on the YouTube channel “videowissen” from Thursday, 16th May 2024.

On Thursday at 7 p.m., Dr Elena Sacchi's lecture on ‘A simple Recipe to make a Galaxy’ from the Babelsberg Starry Nights series will be online. Galaxies come in different shapes and sizes, but just like cakes or pies, the main basic ingredients are always the same. In her lecture, the scientist explains what makes the galaxies nevertheless different, which mechanisms are driving the galaxy formation and evolution, and influencing their structure and appearance. She also discusses which impact interactions between galaxies have and how they affect their types and sizes.

Usually on the 3rd Thursday of each month, starting at 7 or 8 p.m., the lectures of the Virtual Babelsberg Starry Nights become available at

https://www.aip.de/babelsberger-sternennaechte

and via the YouTube channels "Urknall, Weltall und das Leben" (Big Bang, Universe and Life) or "videowissen" and can be viewed afterwards at any time.

The key areas of research at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) are cosmic magnetic fields and extragalactic astrophysics. A considerable part of the institute's efforts aims at the development of research technology in the fields of spectroscopy, robotic telescopes, and E-science. The AIP is the successor of the Berlin Observatory founded in 1700 and of the Astrophysical Observatory of Potsdam founded in 1874. The latter was the world's first observatory to emphasize explicitly the research area of astrophysics. The AIP has been a member of the Leibniz Association since 1992.
Last update: 15. May 2024