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

Faszination Kosmos

Public talk
  • Date: Oct 18, 2024
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ludovica Crosato Menegazzi
  • Location: Nano Science Center, Am Kanal 57, 14467 Potsdam
A talk on neutron stars and black holes with Ludovica Crosato Menegazzi [more]

Public talk (in German) “What gravitational waves reveal about the dark universe”

Public talk
  • Date: Oct 19, 2024
  • Time: 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: Volkssternwarte Hannover, Am Lindener Berge 27, 30449 Hannover
  • Host: Volkssternwarte Hannover
More than 100 years ago, Albert Einstein calculated that space and time can wobble and vibrate like jelly. These vibrations, known as gravitational waves, are created when stars explode or black holes collide. After researchers first observed these gravitational waves in September 2015, almost a hundred such observations have been made to date. They provide unique insights into the dark universe and its secrets. [more]

Public talk (in German) “What gravitational waves reveal about the dark universe”

Public talk
  • Date: Oct 19, 2024
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 08:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: Volkssternwarte Hannover, Am Lindener Berge 27, 30449 Hannover
  • Host: Volkssternwarte Hannover
More than 100 years ago, Albert Einstein calculated that space and time can wobble and vibrate like jelly. These vibrations, known as gravitational waves, are created when stars explode or black holes collide. After researchers first observed these gravitational waves in September 2015, almost a hundred such observations have been made to date. They provide unique insights into the dark universe and its secrets. [more]

Public talk: AuthentiSci: Orientation in a post-factual media era

Public Event
  • Date: Nov 1, 2024
  • Time: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ana Alonso Serrano
  • Location: Museum für Naturkunde, Speaker's Corner
What if scientists were able to verify scientific information in online media articles and provide guidance on the web? AuthentiSci, a web-based tool, is designed to do just that. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Multimessenger astronomy: on the trail of cosmic secrets”

Public talk
  • Date: Nov 5, 2024
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Tim Dietrich
  • Location: Hochschule Bremen, Werderstraße 73, 28199 Bremen
  • Room: Hörsaal B-120
  • Host: Olbers-Gesellschaft
  • Contact: redaktion@olbers-gesellschaft.de
Our Universe harbours a huge variety of fascinating phenomena and interesting objects. Neutron stars, for example, are a place of extreme physical conditions. Neutron stars continuously collide with each other in our Universe. These collisions create perfect conditions for studying the properties of ultra-dense matter, for investigating the production of heavy elements, and for conducting an independent measurement of the expansion rate of our Universe. To this end, we analyse neutron star collisions and measurements of individual neutron stars as part of multi-messenger astrophysics to reveal cosmic secrets. [more]

Deciphering Black Hole Symphonies: The New World of Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Public Event
  • Date: Nov 9, 2024
  • Time: 10:00 PM - 11:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Forum, Holzmarktstr. 25, 10243 Berlin
What are black holes and gravitational waves? How do we detect them? Join us to explore these cosmic mysteries and discover their connection to electronic music. A unique journey awaits! [more]

Public talk (in German): Schwarze Löcher im Universum

Öffentlicher Vortrag
  • Date: Nov 15, 2024
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Cédric Jockel
  • Location: Bruno-H.-Bürgel-Sternwarte
Cédric Jockel will give a public talk on supermassive black holes and the latest findings from the James Webb Space Telescope. [more]

6th Astro Talk at the Schülerforschungszentrum Hamburg: Sounds from the dark side of the cosmos (in German)

Public talk
  • Date: Dec 6, 2024
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
  • Location: Schülerforschungszentrum Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg
  • Host: Schülerforschungszentrum Hamburg
  • Contact: info@sfz-hamburg.de
A few years ago, a new and exciting era in astronomy began. Since then, humanity has not only been able to see the cosmos, but also to hear it. [more]

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 (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]
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