Observatory News (2021)11 October 2021|SternwarteAurorae discovered on distant stars suggest hidden planetsPhoto: ASTRON/Danielle FutselaarUsing the radio telescope LOFAR, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden...Contribution from the news channel Quantum Universe14 July 2021|SternwarteParticipation in the DFG research unit examining jets from black holesPhoto: Matthias Kadler (JMU); individual pictures: C. Fromm (JMU), A. Baczko (MPIfR), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF).The powerful jets shooting out of black holes will be the focus of a new German Research Foundation (DFG) research group, which includes two...Contribution from the university's newsroom22 June 2021|SternwarteNew advance: Hamburg intends to make the observatory UNESCO world heritageOn the basis of a new report prepared by Dr. Matthias Hünsch (Förderverein), the city of Hamburg decided to make a new attempt in the contest for a...16 June 2021|SternwarteMourning for Prof. Dr. Dieter ReimersOn June 9, 2021 , Prof. Dieter Reimers died unexpectedly at the age of 77 years in Postfeld (Schleswig-Holstein). From 1980 to 2009, Dieter Reimers...5 March 2021|SternwarteA blazing super-EarthPhoto: RenderArea, https://renderarea.comAstronomers from the international CARMENES consortium, with participation from the University of Hamburg Observatory, have published a study...Contribution from the news channel MIN-enMore articles