Press Releases   2015/2014     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008     2007     2006     2005...      Simon White awarded with the 2008 Latsis Prize of the European Science Foundation November 2008 The European Science Foundation (ESF) announced that this year's European Latsis Prize is awarded to Professor Simon White, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics. The Latsis Prize rewards researchers who have made outstanding progress in European research. Aufbruch ins Universum: Countdown zum Astronomiejahr November 2008 In nur fünf Wochen knallen zu Neujahr die Korken und ganz Deutschland wird Sterne sehen. Im Januar beginnt das Internationale Jahr der Astronomie 2009 (IYA 2009). Das ehrgeizige Ziel: das Weltall für jedermann erlebbar zu machen. Supercomputers predict where to look to see the Dark Matter November 2008 An international team of astrophysicists led by Volker Springel (Max Institute for Astrophysics) has used some of Europe's largest supercomputers to show where NASA's newest satellite observatory should look to see the mysterious dark matter which fills the Universe. Pictures of dying stars: Surprising discovery opens up new insights into the explosion mechanisms of supernovae July 2008 A team of astronomers led by Paolo Mazzali, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), are providing hints that a recent supernova may be an intermediate between normal supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Eugene Churazov elected as member of Russian Academy of Sciences June 2008 Rashid Sunyaev awarded with the 2008 Henry Norris Russell Prize of the American Astronomical Society February 2008 The American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced that the 2008 Henry Norris Russell Prize is awarded to Rashid Sunyaev, Director at the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching. Supernovae are NOT spherical February 2008 An international collaboration of researchers including the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) has uncovered geometric property of core-collapse supernovae. Distortions to galaxy clustering yield clues to the puzzle of the accelerated expansion of the Universe January 2008 Luigi Guzzo, a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institutes for Astrophysics (MPA) and Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), has led a team studying a new method to clarify the cause of cosmic acceleration (Nature, January 31, 2008). Crafoord Prize 2008 awarded to Max Planck Astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev January 2008 Rashid Sunyaev, director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, is awarded with this year's Crafoord Prize in Astronomy. The Crafoord Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and is intended to promote international basic research in several disciplines, including astronomy.

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