Press Releases
Peeking around cosmic corners
Using galaxies as giant gravitational lenses, an international group of astronomers measured independently how fast the Universe is expanding. The ...
The death of a planet nursery?
The dusty disk surrounding the star TW Hydrae exhibits circular features that may signal the formation of protoplanets. LMU astrophysicist Barbara ...
Discovery of a time-resolved supernova signal in Earth’s microfossils
Physicists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in detecting a time-resolved supernova signal in the Earth’s microfossil ...
Supernova iron found on the moon
Approximately two million years ago a star exploded in a supernova close to our solar system: Its traces can still be found today in the form of an ...
Magneticum Pathfinder: The evolution of the universe in an unmatched precision
The world's most elaborate cosmological simulation of the evolution of our universe was accomplished by theoretical astrophysicists of the ...
Dark Matter: CRESST searches for “lightweights”
The Earth, planets, stars, and galaxies form only the visible portion of the matter in the universe. Greater by far is the share accounted for ...
Most precise measurement of matter and antimatter
Our existence is still a great mystery in theoretical physics. Why did anti-matter disappear almost completely from our universe, whereas matter did ...
