Hamburg Observatory

For the research project “Changing the way we look at the sky – computer vision astrophysics”, Quantum Universe Postdoc Dr. Caroline Heneka receives a Freigeist Fellowship by the Volkswagen Foundation.

An international team of astronomers led by the Hamburg Observatory made the most detailed images of the largest cosmic shock waves ever observed. The observations are based on data from the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa and have been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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.