Upcoming Events

Artistic representation of two merging black holes.

Public talk for kids (in German) “What does space sound like?”

Public talk

Date: Feb 22, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Benjamin Knispel
Location: Kindermuseum Zinnober, Am Steinbruch 16, 30449 Hannover
Host: Kindermuseum Zinnober
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
Contact: info@kindermuseum-hannover.de

Can you hear anything in space? And if so, what does it sound like? We travel into the depths of space to visit very special stars and mysterious black holes. Along the way, we listen to sounds that we have only been able to hear for a few years now, thanks to our new space microphones. [more]

A dark sphere is surrounded by a yellow vortex and set against a starry background.

Public talk (in German) “10 years of gravitational-wave astronomy”

Public talk

Date: May 18, 2026
Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Location: Naturinformationszentrum im Wasserturm (Eichenpark), Stadtparkallee 39, 30853 Langenhagen
Room: Vortragsraum
Host: Naturkundliche Vereinigung Langenhagen und Volkshochschule Langenhagen
Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures

A little over ten years ago, in September 2015, a new era of astronomy began. Since then, we have been observing the universe in a whole new way: with gravitational waves. [more]