News and Events

Panel discussion with Alessandra Buonanno 

Location: DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: August 29, 2026
Time: 8:00pm more

A potential explanation for a mysterious gravitational wave signal. more

State-of-the-art predictions can now be used to create waveform models for next-generation gravitational-wave detectors. more

Aubry will work on “Embodied Cinema: Vibrations for Androids III”. more

Location: Sexten Center for Astrophysics Riccardo Giacconi, Italy
Date: July 27-30, 2026 more

Simulation-based inference helps to deal with the uncertainty about neutron star matter. more

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics contribute to discoveries in the largest gravitational-wave catalog ever compiled. more

Crucial contributions by AEI researchers: How “off-key” detector calibration can bias signal-based tests of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. more

Re-examining the validity of Einstein’s theory with the latest gravitational-wave data more

Public lecture by Alessandra Buonanno 

Location: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: April 9, 2026
Time: 6:00pm Central Time more

Change at a defining moment for gravitational-wave science more

Breakthrough discovery provides new clues about how these celestial bodies find each other. more

The latest catalog, GWTC-4, includes 128 new candidates from the fourth observing run, more than doubling the previous total. more

An international team, with key contributions from AEI researchers, identified three gravitational-wave tones in GW250114 for the first time and conducted the most stringent tests of general relativity. more

Location: Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe, Trieste, Italy
Date: January 19-23, 2026 more

Miguel Zumalacárregui receives a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council. more

Location: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam Science Park
Date: December 09-12, 2025 more

Further exciting results anticipated from O4’s remaining parts more

Lorenzo Speri has been awarded the GWIC-Braccini Thesis Prize. more

Latest gravitational-wave discoveries from fourth observing run provide new insights into black hole formation as well as particle physics more

A study published in Physical Review X by AEI researchers reveals how even the most advanced waveform models can introduce systematic errors when used to measure key properties of black holes. more

From October 20-22, 2025, international experts will gather at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam to explore the history and development of the relativistic two-body problem. more

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics celebrate the anniversary and present new, exciting results. more

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first gravitational-wave detection, we will be taking part in the Long Night of Astronomy on September 13, 2025, at the Zeiss Großplanetarium in Berlin. more

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and at Leibniz University Hannover make significant contributions to detect and analyze new gravitational-wave candidates more

A decade after the first gravitational-wave detection, this workshop brings together physicists, historians, and philosophers to explore the evolving history of the relativistic two-body problem.

Location: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam Science Park
Date: October 20-22, 2025 more

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam is part of the network aiming to decipher the secrets encoded in gravitational-wave data. more

Gravitational waves from massive black holes challenge current astrophysical models more

Research team presents a new approach to testing the nature of dark energy more

An AEI Potsdam researcher has investigated, for the first time, energy levels and eigenfunctions of the Schwarzschild black hole quantitatively. more

The University of Maryland's Physics Department student prize has been awarded again to a PhD student at the AEI Potsdam. more

Applying abstract mathematical structures to real-world phenomena provides new insights into gravitational waves more

ESA’s Euclid mission releases first survey data more

Machine learning method could revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy more

Annual fundraising project supports search for gravitational waves deflected by gravity more