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New Jupiter-like exoplanets discovered
Astronomers have used a novel technique to reveal the hitherto unsuspected presence of protoplanets in orbit around a young star. Prof. Dr. ...
Mapping the threat of small near-Earth asteroids
Just a few days ago, a small asteroid lit up the sky over Botswana – having been discovered mere hours before it hit the Earth. Near Earth Objects ...
Belle II measures first particle collisions
The particle physics community has been waiting for this moment for a long time: On 26 April 2018 0:38, GMT+09:00 at KEK in Tsukuba, Japan matter and ...
Japanese particle accelerator SuperKEKB kicks into new gear
Why is there so much more matter in the universe than antimatter? In order to clarify this fundamental question, researchers from the Universe ...
Particle physics, like in real life - research day for students
Physicists the world over are concerned with the smallest building blocks of matter - the elementary particles. Why are these particles so ...
Best "Universe" doctoral theses 2017 are set
Thomas Siegert (MPE) and Claudius Krause (LMU) received the Universe PhD Award 2017 of the Cluster of Excellence Universe for their outstanding ...
We are all made of stardust
Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen - the chemical elements we are made of were produced in the centers of massive stars. Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert and Prof. ...
