Press and Public Outreach
August 2020 shooting for "Terra X" in the Great Refractor.
Credit: AIP/ M. KrumpeHere you can find current press releases, online resources, events, visitor information and an image gallery.
Please contact us for journalistic and other enquiries via presse@aip.de.
Online resources
In the absence of and additional to opportunities to visit, interested parties can here gain virtual insights into research at the institute, its history and the telescopes and instruments connected to the AIP worldwide.
In the virtual lecture series Babelsberg Starry Nights AIP scientists present exciting topics in astrophysics (in German).
Visit astrophysical observatories on our Virtual Reality platform and immerse yourself in simulations of space.
Discover and browse astronomical images dating back to the last century in our Historical Sky.
Explore simulations of galaxies, also as a hologram, and build a projector for your smartphone.
Latest press releases and news from the institute
Information on regular events in which the AIP participates or which we organize; the latest dates are announced in the news and in the calendar; also see the German page Virtuelle Babelsberger Sternennächte
Great Refractor and Einstein Tower
Information about the visiting the two historical instruments on the Telegrafenberg
Activities for schools, including guided tours of the Babelsberg campus and lectures by scientists as well as information on the Girls' Day/Zukunftstag Brandenburg
The joint campaign with the German Electron Synchrotron DESY in Zeuthen and the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau aims at illustrating the value of free science and its social responsibility.
A small image gallery of the AIP buildings.
The logo of the AIP can be found here: AIP logo.