AIP in the media
AIP scientists are regularly featured in the media with their research results and expertise on astronomical topics. Here you find a selection of current and freely accessible articles, radio reports and broadcasts. Older contributions can be found at the archive page.
New insights into the origin of the Pleiades.
A new study shows that the Pleiades have thousands of siblings spread across the sky. The key breakthrough came through gyrochronology. This method was developed by Sydney Barnes (AIP) and has becoming an increasingly reliable tool in modern astrophysics.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/meet-the-seven-sisters-3000-lost-siblings/
Is the expansion of the universe slowing down?
In the scientific programme ‘Die Profis’ (The Professionals), Prof. Dr. Steinmetz discusses the results of a recent South Korean study in an interview, according to which the universe may not accelerate in the future, but could expand more slowly.
Thousands of stars in one shot – Potsdam telescope 4MOST launched
Interview with Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz about the “First Light” of 4MOST on October 18, 2025
Tagesschau from October 21, 2025
At the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the new 4Most telescope is starting its work researching stars and galaxies.
https://www.tagesschau.de/video/video-1517632.html
From Chile to space through Potsdam eyes
A feature on the development of 4MOST by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam on Inforadio
Heartbeat of a faraway star
Article about the work of Dr. Julian Alvarado Gomez on Iota Horologii, the first magnetically mapped star besides the Sun.
The sun, the moon, and black holes
Dr. Katja Poppenhäger in an interview with Tagesspiegel in the series 100 Heads
Zwei ausgezeichnete AIP-Forschende
Article on two awards won by AIP researchers: Meetu Verma is a winner of the WISER programme, Alexis Rouillard receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
https://pro-physik.de/nachrichten/zwei-ausgezeichnete-aip-forschende
Sind wir allein im Universum? | Raum für Notizen
Interview in the series "Raum für Notizen" (Room for Notes) with Dr. Iva Vilovic, a researcher in the section Stellar Physics and Exoplanets at AIP
https://www.alex-berlin.de/videos/2075744-sind-wir-allein-im-universum%3F-%7C-raum-f%C3%BCr-notizen
Potsdamer Weltensucher beziehen neues Forschungszentrum
Short film on the inauguration of the new Maria-Margaretha-Kirch-Haus
https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/av7/video-einweihung-neubau-astrophysik-potsdam.html
How Thuringia is analysing space weather
Radio feature about the camera system on the vacuum tower telescope (VTT) at the Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife
Wonders of the Sun in 8K: Old telescope’s “vision” reveals star in unprecedented detail
News feed on new images of the Sun with the Vaccuum Tower Telescope at Tenerife
The calendar patent and the Potsdam observatory
Radio feature on the founding of the Berlin Observatory on 10 May 1700
JubilJahr2025: 275. Geburtstag von Caroline Herschel
Talk with Dr. Janine Fohlmeister
https://jubiljahr2024.podbean.com/e/carolineherschel/
Bahnbrechende Methode erlaubt Blick in die dunklen Regionen der Milchstraße
Article on the press release from the AIP