The Student Council and the Department of Physics and Astronomy cordially invite you to an open house on April 9. We offer high school students...
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Saturday Morning Physics on March 14: Enlightenment through light quanta. What light can tell us about the quantum world
06.03.26 | Instagram, Saturday Morning Physics, Event
In the quantum world, things sometimes seem to be out of order. On March 14, Prof. Heiko Krabbe and Dr. Marco Seiter will take the audience...
2025 Dissertation Prize for Sophie Aerdker: Transport of Cosmic Radiation
February 25, 2026 | Faculty, Research, Instagram
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to announce that the dissertation prize for the year 2025, donated by Wilhelm and...
Project week for female students 2026: Register now for the Easter holidays!
18.02.26 | Instagram, students, event
We invite female students in grades 8 to 10 to our physics project week during the Easter holidays. From March 30 to April 2, 2026, the young...
IceCube update: Hundreds of new sensors in the Arctic ice
February 17, 2026 | Research, Instagram
An international research team is using the IceCube neutrino detector to search for sources of cosmic radiation. They have spent the Arctic summer...
Saturday Morning Physics on February 28: A brief look at the building blocks of our nature
February 12, 2026 | Instagram, Saturday Morning Physics, Event
What are the smallest building blocks that make up our world? Join us on a fascinating journey into the world of elementary particles...
International master class on particle physics for students
11.02.26 | Instagram, students, event
Register now: On February 26, students in grade 10 and above can discover the world of quarks—with real data from the Large Hadron Collider...
Julia Tjus' admission to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Jan. 23, 2026 | Research, Instagram, International
The Swedish Academy of Sciences has appointed her as an international member for physics. In the future, she will shape, for example, the...
Aurora borealis over Germany: A rare natural phenomenon explained
Jan. 22, 2026 | Research, Instagram, Transfer
This week, the sky above Germany provided a rare light show: even in the Ruhr region, the northern lights were visible. Dominik Bomans...
Saturday Morning Physics on January 24: Computing with Quanta – Insights into the World of Quantum Computing
07.01.26 | Instagram, Saturday Morning Physics, Event
On January 24, 2026, the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy invites you to the next edition of Saturday Morning Physics this winter semester. Prof....
Up close with the world's largest accelerator: Physics students visit CERN
Dec. 2, 2025 | Research, Instagram, Studies
In October 2025, 38 students traveled to Switzerland for their annual excursion to CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). The trip was...
Third funding phase for Plasma Collaborative Research Center
21.11.25 | Research, Instagram
Researchers in the CRC 1316 "Transient atmospheric pressure plasmas - from plasma to liquids to solids" are developing flexible and scalable...

