Hamburg Observatory

Am 19. und 20. Juli 2024 lädt die Unimusik der Universität Hamburg in Kooperation mit der Hamburger Sternwarte ein zweites Mal zum Sternstunden-Festival ein. Besucherinnen und Besucher erwartet ein buntes Programm: Musik aller Art und spannende wissenschaftliche Beiträge auf dem historischen Gelände der Hamburger Sternwarte...

Where in the cosmos were the heaviest elements forged? What are the densest forms of matter in the Universe? What happens when two neutron stars collide? What do their observable signals tell us about so-far incompletely understood physics?

These questions are major motivations behind the ERC Advanced Grant project...

Neutron star mergers are among the most violent and spectacular events in the Universe. Until now, large individual spins of the neutron stars had not been considered important, since — in the standard picture — neutron stars have a long time (~10⁸) to ‘spin down’, but hardly any time to ‘spin up’. Now a group of...