Home News Research News Research News A wobbling magnetised star challenges the origin of repeating fast radio bursts April 08, 2024 The rapid decay of a magnetar’s precession after an X-ray outburst likely rules out free precession as their origin more Sagittarius A* March 27, 2024 Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way’s Central Black Hole more MeerKAT+: the MeerKAT Extension February 21, 2024 The handover of the first dish of the MeerKAT extension signals an important milestone for the SKA-MID construction more Magnetic launching of black hole jets in Perseus A February 01, 2024 First observations of the radio galaxy Perseus A with the Event Horizon Telescope more SKAMPI Takes Off January 25, 2024 The SKA-MPIfR Telescope in South Africa is ready for science operations more Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? January 18, 2024 MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object at the boundary between black holes and neutron stars more New EHT observations of M87 reveal persistent black hole shadow January 18, 2024 Improved observations one year after the discovery image give a better picture more Extreme stars share unique properties that may provide a link to mysterious sources November 23, 2023 A universal relation for pulsars, magnetars and potentially fast radio bursts more A supermassive black hole’s strong magnetic fields are revealed in a new light November 08, 2023 New M87* results from the Event Horizon Telescope more Astronomers capture formation of a powerful cosmic jet October 26, 2023 A telescope larger than the Earth has found a plasma rope in the Universe more A Smoking Gun for Supermassive Binaries in Active Galactic Nuclei August 31, 2023 Blazar Jet Variability probes precession caused by orbiting black holes in the centers of galaxies more An ultra-long period magnetar? July 19, 2023 Hiding in plain sight, astronomers find new type of stellar object more New radio astronomical observations confirm unintended electromagnetic radiation emanating from large satellite constellations July 05, 2023 Scientists use the LOFAR telescope to observe low-frequency radio waves from satellites in large constellations for the first time more A new view of the Universe June 29, 2023 Clock-like precision of pulsars opens a new window in the gravitational wave spectrum more How the black hole in M87 launches a jet April 26, 2023 New observations reveal the powerful jet emerging from the black hole in the centre of the galaxy M87 more Overcoming borders with the SKAO supertelescope March 29, 2023 Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announces Germany's entry into the international astronomy project SKA-Observatory more Weighing OJ 287 and the project MOMO February 23, 2023 The densest and longest radio-to-high-energy view of the binary black hole at the center of the active galaxy OJ 287 more Oxygen in Earth’s Higher Atmosphere February 02, 2023 First detection of the atomic 18O isotope in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere of Earth more Nine new and exotic creatures for the pulsar zoo January 25, 2023 New discoveries from the Transients and Pulsars with MeerKAT Project more RAS Group Award 2023 goes to MeerKAT January 13, 2023 The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa receives prestigious award of the Royal Astronomical Society more SKAO: Mega science project reaches the next milestone December 05, 2022 International radio astronomy community is celebrating the start of construction of the SKA Observatory’s telescopes, and the awarding of significant contracts more To the Heart of 3C 273 November 22, 2022 International Team Observes Innermost Structure of a Quasar Jet more Energetic Winds blow from the Triangulum Galaxy October 25, 2022 Radio observations reveal a complex scenario for the interplay between star formation and the interstellar medium in the galaxy M33 more A ‘Fingerprint’ in Space October 12, 2022 A new image from the JWST shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion, locked in a celestial dance. more A win for science and the Lusatia region September 29, 2022 German Center for Astrophysics - Research. Technology. Digitization. (DZA) wins competition for structural funding more A ‘Hot Spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A* September 22, 2022 Astronomers detect hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole more A Sanitizer in the Galactic Centre Region June 28, 2022 Interstellar Detection of Iso-Propanol in Sagittarius B2 more A Slowly Rotating Neutron Star May 30, 2022 Unusual neutron star spinning every 76 seconds is discovered in stellar graveyard more Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way May 12, 2022 Breakthrough discovery: EHT´s unprecedented observations improve our understanding of what happens at the very centre of our galaxy more A last GREAT opportunity for decades to come May 04, 2022 GREAT prepares for SOFIA’s last flight mission more Show more