Astroinformatics 2026

Last week, more than 50 participants gathered at the University of Cologne for the launch of our new conference series, “Astroinformatics”. The event brought together researchers from across the Rhine region and as far as Cape Town for several days of inspiring discussions at the interface of astrophysics, data science, and artificial intelligence. The conference …

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“Flyby of a star explains dynamics of the solar system beyond Neptune”

Prof. Dr. Susanne Pfalzner and the scientists at her Simulation and Data Lab have carried out more than 3,000 computer simulations to find the cause of the unusual orbits of the transneptum objects. The young sun is surrounded by a disc of the material from which the planets eventually formed. There are several indications that …

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