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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The cluster’s spokespersons, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner (Cologne) and Prof. Dr. Cristiano Porciani (Bonn), presented the scientific vision of DYNAVERSE, outlined key research goals, and introduced upcoming projects exploring how the universe evolves across vastly different timescales: Credit: Adam Polczyk (D8 UoC)
Our Dynamic Universe (DYNAVERSE) has been selected for funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and is now a new Cluster of Excellence. The Cluster of Excellence DYNAVERSE aims to determine how coupling extremely different timescales influences the universe. Only by linking physical processes across different time scales can a complete picture of the dynamic …
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Note that the press release is in German language
Die höchste Baustelle der Welt, das CCAT/FYST-Teleskop, im ZDF heute Journal Dr. Ronan Higgins from the group of Prof. Dr. Dominik Riechers on ZDF heute Journal: The Video is in German language Photo Credit: https://www.zdf.de/play/magazine/heute-journal-104/heute-journal-vom-25-april-2025-100
Photo Credit: University of Cologne Prof. Dr Dominik A. Riechers, CCAT-prime consortium, Fred Young submillimeter telescope The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is now ready to be assembled in the Chilean desert of Atacama. This is a big milestone for our telescope project and the next step will be to take up operation in April 2026. …
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Photos Credit: Ana Brás Würschig On March 21st, Prof. Dr. Stefanie Walch-Gassner hold a get-together event with many of the Dynaverse team of researchers and staff as well as many other guests from the I. Physics Institute and other institutes of the University of Cologne and Bonn. The Decan, Prof. Dr. Bareth and the fantastic …
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Prof. Dr. Michael Kramer involved in the membership of Germany in SKAO said that “It has been a long and not always easy road that has led us to this important milestone for the entire radio astronomy community in Germany. This significant moment is thus particularly gratifying for everyone involved and we would like to …
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Prof. Dr. Lucas Labadie at Astronomy on Tap Köln, Theatercafé Filmdose, Cologne, Germany
The I. Physics Institute of the University of Cologne participated in the nation-wide event “Long Night of the Astronomy” (Lange Nacht der Astronomie)