Press and Public Outreach

Here you can find current press releases, online resources, events, examples for the AIP in the media, visitor information and an image gallery. Dates and event information can be found in the AIP calendar.

Please contact us for journalistic and other enquiries via presse@aip.de.

News

Latest press releases and news from the institute

Frontal view. People sitting on a wall in the entrance area of the Einstein Tower on a sunny day or are going inside.

Public Events

Information on events in which the AIP participates or which we organize; for latest dates see news and calendar as well as the Babelsberger Sternennächte and Observation evenings.

AIP in the Media

A selection of current and freely accessible articles, radio reports and broadcasts featuring AIP members.

The Great Refractor from the outside on a sunny day. Side view. The slit of the white dome is opened, the trees cast shadows on the clinker brick building.

Great Refractor and Einstein Tower

Information about the visiting the two historical instruments on the Telegrafenberg

A group of schoolgirls, visible from behind, walk through the large wooden door of the Humboldthaus. One of its two white side domes is visible. The house itself is overgrown with ivy.

For Schools

Activities for schools, including guided tours of the campus and lectures by scientists as well as information on the Girls' Day/Zukunftstag Brandenburg

PiA - Physics in Advent

The AIP supports Physics in Advent, a project with 24 physics experiments in December for young researchers up to the 10th grade.

The Babelsberg campus of the AIP on a sunny day. The Schwarzschildhaus is on the left, the dome of the Humboldthaus is visible in the middle background and the Leibnizhaus is on the right.

Images

A small image gallery of the AIP buildings.

The AIP logo can be found here: AIP logo.

Knowledge creates

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.

Science Year 2023

The AIP participated in a variety of events and formats for the Science Year 2023 - Our Universe. More at our Science Year 2023 page.

Online resources

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.

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In the virtual lecture series Babelsberg Starry Nights AIP scientists present exciting topics in astrophysics. Furthermore: Interviews from the IAU Symposium 379 at YouTube.

Screenshot of the VR environment. You can see the box-shaped Very Large Telescope next to another telescope in front of a cloudy sky. At the top, two laser beams shoot out. — Visit astrophysical observatories on our Virtual Reality platform and immerse yourself in simulations of space.

Black and white photographic plate with Orion nebula — Discover and browse astronomical images dating back to the last century in our Historical Sky.

Set-up of a small projector for a tablet. In the centre is a pyramid-shaped transparent structure in which a part of a cosmological simulation appears. Above it, the tablet is mounted, facing downwards. — Explore galaxies, the Milky Way and the Sun as a "hologram", and build a projector for your smartphone.

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Last update: 8. September 2025

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