Public events

Public events

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics are taking part in various online and in-person events for the interested public at the Potsdam and Hanover sites.

Upcoming public events

Public talk (in German) “Astronomy with Einstein's gravitational waves”

Public talk
  • Date: Mar 4, 2025
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: ZHG der Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben
  • Room: Hörsaal 009
  • Host: Förderkreis Planetarium Göttingen
  • Contact: vorstand@planetarium-goettingen.de
Almost ten years ago, on September 14, 2015, a new era of astronomy began. Since then, we have been observing the Universe in a completely new way: with gravitational waves. [more]

Public talk at Hörfidelity (in German) “Gravitational-wave astronomy: we can hear the dark Universe!”

Public talk
  • Date: Mar 16, 2025
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Karsten Danzmann
  • Location: Pavillon Hannover, Lister Meile 4, 30161 Hannover
  • Host: Hörregion Hannover
  • Contact: Nils.Meyer@region-hannover.de
Public talk by Karsten Danzmann at “HörFidelity: Experiences and Information about the Ear”: For thousands of years, we have been looking at the Universe through our eyes. But over 99% of the Universe is dark and will never be observed with electromagnetic waves. Since September 14, 2015, everything has changed: gravitational waves have been discovered! We have been given a new sense and can finally hear the dark side of the Universe. [more]

Public talk (in German): “Gravitational-wave astronomy: we can hear the dark Universe!”

Public talk
  • Date: Apr 15, 2025
  • Time: 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Karsten Danzmann
  • Location: Campus Rosenheim, Hochschulstr. 1, 83024 Rosenheim
  • Host: Elmar Junker
  • Contact: elmar.junker@th-rosenheim.de
For thousands of years, we have been looking at the Universe through our eyes. But over 99% of the Universe is dark and will never be observed with electromagnetic waves. Since September 14, 2015, everything has changed: gravitational waves have been discovered! [more]

Public talk (in German) “Charting the invisible universe with the help of gravitational-wave detectors”

Public talk
  • Date: Apr 22, 2025
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Gudrun Wanner
  • Location: Hochschule Bremen, Werderstraße 73, 28199 Bremen
  • Room: Hörsaal B-120
  • Host: Olbers-Gesellschaft
  • Contact: redaktion@olbers-gesellschaft.de
On September 14, 2015, a gravitational wave was detected for the first time, originating from the merger of two black holes. Less than two years later, this great success was honored with a Nobel Prize. Since then, a lot has happened and the field of research continues to develop rapidly. [more]

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