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Since 1968, Hamburg Observatory is part of the Department of Physics of Universität Hamburg. With its double role as a museum and a university location (Campus Bergedorf), Hamburg Observatory is a special facility. Recently, the historical buildings house the Astronomy and Astrophysics research groups. Most important research areas are Exoplanets, Stellar Physics, Interstellar Medium and Star Formation, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Cosmology, Radio Astronomy, Magneto-Hydrodynamics, Radiative Transfer as well as High Performance Computing. Further research, including participating activities in the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe, is done on the Campus Bahrenfeld.

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Artist impression of Star-exoplanet interaction

Photo: ASTRON/Danielle Futselaar

11 October 2021|Sternwarte

Aurorae discovered on distant stars suggest hidden planets

Using the radio telescope LOFAR, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets. The research was recently published in Nature Astronomy.

Contribution from the news channel EXC Quantum Universe

Visualization of the research group approach

Photo: Matthias Kadler (JMU); individual pictures: C. Fromm (JMU), A. Baczko (MPIfR), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF).

14 July 2021|Sternwarte

Participation in the DFG research unit examining jets from black holes

The powerful jets shooting out of black holes will be the focus of a new German Research Foundation (DFG) research group, which includes two researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at Universität Hamburg. The research group has been granted €3.6 million in funding.

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A comparison of the X-ray image from eROSITA and the optical image with a conventional telescope of young stars in the constellation Chameleon.

Photo: eROSITA collaboration/Robrade

28 June 2021|Forschung

New insights into the life of young stars and massive black holes

Two years ago, the eROSITA X-ray telescope was sent into space as part of a Russian-German collaboration to produce the most comprehensive map of the sky in X-ray light. The German eROSITA consortium, which includes Universität Hamburg, has now published the first data taken with the satellite-based X-ray telescope.

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