The first discoveries of potentially habitable planets outside our solar system were spectacular. Now, with the game developed by Prof. Dr. André Bresges and his team, everyone can become a planet hunter. The goal is to find a habitable planet, and the game lets students develop their curiosity through an interactive and fun learning experience. …
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For the 2026 “Türen auf mit der Maus” day, we welcomed more than 30 young visitors to our physics building. The event began with an introductory talk by biophysicist Dr. Melih Yüksel and Dr. Marian Barsoum, who introduced the activities of the day and gave the children an insight into their work as physicists. At …
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Students from the University of Cologne (UoC) and the University of Bonn (UB) had the exciting opportunity to visit the Cologne facility of the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) two weeks ago. The visit took place within the framework of the lectures “Performance Engineering” by Achim Basermann at the UoC and “Scalable Machine …
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Photo Credit: DLR-Fotomedien Dr. Alexander Rüttgers and Dr. Achim Basermann, Institute of Software Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Students of the both lectures “Scalable Machine Learning for astrophysical surveys” at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and “Performance Engineering” at the University of Köln, responsibility of our cooperation partners at the German Aerospace Science, Dr. Alexander Rüttgers …