Excellent Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics across wavelengths from (sub-)millimeter and infared all the way to X-ray and gamma-ray. Posts by Press Office. https://www.mpe.mpg.de/impressumhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3muvwxoisuc2dUsing #eROSITA data, #MPE scientists found #blackholes growing so fast they’ve outgrown their galaxies, with faint hosts and active feeding. A cosmic mismatch challenges everything we thought we knew about galaxy black hole evolution: ➡️ https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8232113/news20260907 Image: ©MPE (generated with AI)07 Sep 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvwxoisuc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mtgyp33vt22fUsing the #GRAVITYPlus Instrument, researchers at #MPE detected #S301, a star orbiting #SgrA*, the supermassive black hole in the center of our milky way, closer than any other known star. With S301, the scientists might be able to measure the spin of the black hole. ➡️ https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8219735/news2026081919 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgyp33vt22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3msulk4da4k2uThree supermassive black holes. One young galaxy. 🌑 A research team led by Hannah Übler ( #Infrared #Astronomy at #MPE) discovered a rare trio of active #blackholes from 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang, shedding new light on how the giants of our universe grew so quickly. ➡️ s.mpe.mpg.de/ybbfp12 Aug 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msulk4da4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mrwinzjrm22b#eROSITA's Second Data Release (DR2) has nearly doubled the known X-ray sources to 2 million! This groundbreaking dataset from the eROSITA consortium led by #MPE offers a comprehensive look at the #high-energy Universe. 🔭 Explore the data and read more: ➡️ https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8215311/news2026073131 Jul 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwinzjrm22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mqblbzpfis2oBig Breakthrough in Star Formation! Researchers from #MPE just detected the first direct evidence of #AmbipolarDiffusion in #L1544 pre-stellar core. This process, where neutral gas drifts inward while ions stuck to magnetic fields, is a key theory in how stars form. ➡️ https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8210585/news2026071010 Jul 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqblbzpfis2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mpkwuma5v223#MPE is very much looking forward to the start of #LSST by @vrubinobs.bsky.social. It will create powerful synergies with #eROSITA, particularly in the search for high-redshift #GalaxyClusters and faint Active Galactic Nuclei ( #AGN). [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkwuma5v223https://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mp4arwwy6c2r👏Huge congrats to Yi Zhang, former #MPE PhD student in the highenergy group, for winning the #IAU PhD Prize by the international astronomical union! She was awarded for her PhD-thesis about the hot #circumgalactic medium using data from the #eROSITA x-ray space telescope. ➡️https://s.mpe.mpg.de/mo9o325 Jun 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4arwwy6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mocsq23qfc2eCosmic Noon galaxies weren't chaotic mergers! A new study by #MPE researchers using #NOEMA & #JWST data shows many massive disks had spiral arms & bars that actively drove gas transport inward, fueling intense star formation. This challenges old views of early galaxy evolution. ➡️ s.mpe.mpg.de/nxuom15 Jun 2026 07:57 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mocsq23qfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mnudlkgnhs2k🤗Congratulations Esra Bulbul! 🤗 @esrabulbul.bsky.social, leading scientist of the high-energy #astrophysics group at #MPE, specializing in #cosmology & large-scale structure, has been appointed as a scout for the @humboldt-foundation.de #HenrietteHerz Scouting Program! ➡️https://s.mpe.mpg.de/v24dm09 Jun 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnudlkgnhs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mnrkz7q2uc2k🚀Cosmic Data Dump!🚀 The #HETDEX survey of the #EarlyUniverse just dropped its massive dataset! HETDEX is opening its doors to scientists, students, citizen researchers, and AI, providing access to 600 million spectra of distant galaxies and the space between them! ➡️More: s.mpe.mpg.de/ezio008 Jun 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrkz7q2uc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mluulc22cc2g👏Congrats to Paola Caselli, appointed 2026 #OortProfessor at @unileiden.bsky.social! With this honor, she will deliver the annual #OortLecture. As Director of the Center for Astrochemical Studies at #MPE, she's a leading voice in understanding star & planet formation. ➡️Read More: s.mpe.mpg.de/w5amb15 May 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluulc22cc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mlpqmzmoh22y📢#MPEPaperOfTheMonth📢 Ever wonder where all the sulfur in space is hiding? A new study led by Olli Sipilä from #MPE combines lab experiments & astrochemical modeling to show: It's likely locked up in icy dust grains! ➡️ s.mpe.mpg.de/j4ip8 Disclaimer: Image generated by Olli Sipilä using AI tools.13 May 2026 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpqmzmoh22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3ml3mi632vs2k📢#MPEPaperOfTheMonth 🤯 Missing matter FOUND! Using data from #eROSITA X-Ray space telescope, #MPE researchers detected hot gas extending beyond galaxy clusters, revealing how they possibly grow by pulling in material from the cosmic web. ➡Read more: s.mpe.mpg.de/5oidn Photo: Xiaoyuan Zhang/MPE05 May 2026 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3mi632vs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mk2zqhyox22p#MPE 🤝 #IUCAA We're happy to announce a new #MaxPlanck Partner group to study our nearest galactic neighbors using data from the #eROSITA X-ray telescope. This partnership was mainly established by Chandreyee Maitra, former researcher at MPE and now associate professor at IUCAA. s.mpe.mpg.de/oolrk22 Apr 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2zqhyox22phttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mjyxjkykq22gOkay, universe. You wanna hide your secrets? We'll find them! #MPE and the #Euclid Consortium needs YOU to hunt for 10,000+ gravitational lenses in Euclid data. Join the #SpaceWarps Project! ➡️Read more: s.mpe.mpg.de/4goov #CitizenScience #Astrophysics #Astronomy21 Apr 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyxjkykq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mjvytiq2es26👏👏Huge congratulations to Sarah Pappert for winning the #ZONTA International Women in STEM Award! Sarah is a PhD-Student at #MPE and works on #MICADO, a pioneering instrument for the #ELT. She is also highly engaged in public outreach and empowers women in science. ➡️ s.mpe.mpg.de/65838 #WomenInSTEM https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8196490/news2026041520 Apr 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvytiq2es26https://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mjohx7lwlc26“Like watching the Solar System breathe in X-Rays.” ☀️🌬️ Using the #eROSITA space telescope, scientists at #MPE disentangled #SWCX from other #astrophysics emissions, allowing them to reconstruct the clean soft X-ray sky as it would appear from outside the #solarsystem. ➡️ s.mpe.mpg.de/6sai117 Apr 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjohx7lwlc26https://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mjmg2k2fs22r👏Congratulations to #MPE scientist Stefan Gillessen for receiving the Von Seeliger Award as Best Lecturer! The award is presented by master students from @lmu.de to recognize excellence in teaching. Gillessen was honoured for his lecture “#BlackHoles: Theory and Observations.” ➡️ s.mpe.mpg.de/klbcf https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8195586/news2026041716 Apr 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmg2k2fs22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mjhkyo5okk2k📢 #MPEPaperOfTheMonth How do #BlackHoles ⚫ like Sagittarius A* in the heart of our milky way eat? A new study by a team of researchers led by #MPE links gas clouds to stellar winds from a #BinaryStar as a potential source of energy. ➡️https://s.mpe.mpg.de/j1d4h https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8191695/tracing-the-origins-of-mysterious-gas-clouds-near-the-galactic-center14 Apr 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhkyo5okk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mhsnhdfo522tA cosmic Game of Hide and Seek 🙈 👀 Hiding in a belt orbiting the #star #WISPIT, scientists have found not 1, but 2 forming #protoplanets thanks to #GRAVITY+. A prime example of how technological #innovation drives scientific breakthroughs! 👉 s.mpe.mpg.de/ssiaz #sciencenews #SpaceScience #science24 Mar 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsnhdfo522thttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mgxcpg23tk2s📢Paper of the Month alert: Elements from a #protostar crashing into clouds in #space can create organic compounds: The Basis of complex #life 💫 🌌 💥 ⚛️ 🌱 👉 Link: https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8186220/paper20260313 #sciencenews #paperofthemonth13 Mar 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxcpg23tk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mgsbk5l4rc2xLife without a sun? Impossible! Or not... Isolated worlds could stay warm for up to 4.3 billion years. Hydrogen can trap heat, keeping oceans liquid – the foundation of life. Life might not just circle stars, it could wander the galaxy 🌍✨ s.mpe.mpg.de/8gst1 #Astrobiology #Exomoons #SpaceScience11 Mar 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsbk5l4rc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mfbysozogc2mSN Winny is the only known strongly lensed superluminous supernova – and MPE astronomers have captured all five of its images. 💫 This rare system opens a new, one-step route to measure the universe’s expansion rate and address the Hubble tension. More: bit.ly/4tLRiHN20 Feb 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbysozogc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mf55n5ltps2v🌀 Supermassive black hole heartbeat + mini-flares! eRASSt J2344 shows QPEs every 12h + unprecedented short mini-flares – challenging black hole models. Thanks to Einstein Probe + XMM-Newton. 👉 Full story + cosmic ECG: bit.ly/MPE-J2344-heartbeat #BlackHoles #EinsteinProbe #Astrophysics #MPE #IMPRS18 Feb 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf55n5ltps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3menrlqnhsc2pInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science! At @eso_supernova in Garching, "MPE’s Women in Astronomy" spotlighted Prof. Dr. Dominika Wylezalek (Heidelberg University & ARI) with her inspiring public talk “Black Holes and the Cosmic Web of Galaxies — A Journey Through Space and Time.” ✨12 Feb 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3menrlqnhsc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mpe-garching.bsky.social/post/3mdg5izkqtc23Astronomers win!🥳 Protest saves @eso.org #Paranal Observatory's dark skies from industrial project. #MPE director & #Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel leads successful fight to protect a unique site of world-class telescopes, including #VLT and the currently built #ELT. ➡️ https://www.mpe.mpg.de/8134359/news2026012727 Jan 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:2yp2d5so3de3rrz7pjwenptd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdg5izkqtc23