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.
Brauchen wir Dunkle Materie?
Article by Marcel Pawlowski about the challenges to the Standard Model of Cosmology.
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/kosmologie-brauchen-wir-dunkle-materie-17867368.html
Astrophotonics moves to real-world applications
Interview about astrophotonics with Martin Roth.
James-Webb-Teleskop erreicht Umlaufbahn um die Sonne
Interview with Martin Roth about the arrival of the James Webb Space Telescope at its orbit around the Sun.
Galaktische Archäologie mit Sternen
Episode of BR Campus Talks about galactic archaeology with Matthias Steinmetz as a guest.
Scharfer Blick ins All mit neuen Instrumenten
End-of-year review astrophysics featuring three AIP press releases from 2021: Astrophotonics – an emerging field in astrophysics, Giant planets could reach “maturity” much earlier than previously thought and Discovery of the largest rotation in the universe.
https://www.pro-physik.de/nachrichten/scharfer-blick-ins-all-mit-neuen-instrumenten
Kuriose Muster der kosmischen Radiostrahlung / Harfen und Weihnachtsbäume in der Milchstraße
Episode of "Sternzeit" ("stardate") about the press release from 19 December 2019.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/harfen-und-weihnachtsbaeume-in-der-milchstrasse-100.html
Potsdamer Sternwarte mit großer Tradition / Die Neptun-Sternwarte in Babelsberg
Episode of "Sternzeit" ("stardate") about AIP.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-neptun-sternwarte-in-babelsberg-100.html
Riesenplaneten werden ungewöhnlich schnell groß
Article about the press release from 2 December.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/riesenplaneten-werden-ungewoehnlich-schnell-gross-100.html
Neue Pioniere
Interview with Mirko Krumpe on the topic of private space companies.
https://www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel/magazindetail/newsdetails/neue-pioniere
Jubiläum der ältesten bestehenden Fachzeitschrift – Uralte dänisch-deutsche Astronomische Nachrichten
Episode of "Sternzeit" ("stardate") about the 200th birthday of of Astronomical Notes.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/uralte-daenisch-deutsche-astronomische-nachrichten-100.html
Grundsteinlegung am Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik
Radio segmet about laying the foundation stone with Wolfram Rosenbach, Matthias Steinmetz, Mike Schubert und Matthias Kleiner.
https://www.inforadio.de/programm/schema/sendungen/wissenswerte/202110/28/626647.html
Attention spectra aficionados!
Twitter thread by ESO on the delivery and integration of the fibre positioning system for the 4MOST telescope.
https://twitter.com/ESO/status/1453654398815592454?s=20
Eine Karte der Milchstraße
Segment about Galactic Archaeology with Matthias Steinmetz.
The Great German Quiz
Contribution to the Quiz on the Einstein Tower, with Alexander Warmuth.
https://www.zdf.de/show/das-grosse-deutschland-quiz/das-grosse-deutschland-quiz-118.html
Kosmische Wassersuche
Article about the search for water in the universe with Ekaterina Ilin.
https://www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel/magazindetail/newsdetails/kosmische-wassersuche
Die Entdeckung des Neptuns (1846), mit Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz
Episode about the discovery of Neptune of the podcast "History of Europe" by Tobias Jakobi with Matthias Steinmetz.
Marcel S. Pawlowski, der Astrophysiker, bei „Sechs Fragen an…“
Press release of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung, an interview with Marcel Pawlowski.
https://www.klaus-tschira-stiftung.de/marcel-s-pawlowski-der-astrophysiker-bei-sechs-fragen-an/
Was ist eigentlich dunkle Materie? Testen Sie Ihr Astro-Wissen!
Astronomical quiz with Marcel Pawlowski.
Vast Strands In the Cosmic Web That Connects the Universe Are Spinning, Scientists Find
Interview with Peng Wang and Noam Libeskind about the press release from 14 June.
Astroseismologie: So klingen Sterne
Segment with Cristina Chiappini about the press release from 17 May.
https://www.inforadio.de/programm/schema/sendungen/wissenswerte/202106/08/570950.html
Nach dem Supermond kommt das nächste Ereignis am Himmel
Interview with Mirko Krumpe about the partial solar eclipse on 10 June 2021.
Sieben ERC Grants für die Region
Article on the award of seven highly endowed ERC Advanced Grants of the EU research funding, including two to the AIP: to Prof. Lutz Wisotzki and Prof. Christoph Pfrommer.
First view of ancient cosmic web
News about the press release from 18 March.
https://science.orf.at/stories/3205422/
MOSAIC, HIRES and MUSE
Articles about instrumentation co-built by the AIP for the future Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in the ESO Messenger.
http://eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.182-mar21/messenger-no182.pdf
Xenius: Solar storms
Broadcast with the assistance of Dr. Alexander Warmuth, filmed among other places in the Einstein Tower and on the LOFAR field in Potsdam-Bornim.
Planets as profession and passion
Portrait of Prof. Dr. Katja Poppenhäger.