On August 12, 2026, the German Mining Museum in Bochum and the Bochum Society for Physics and Astronomy ( Department ) invite you to an unforgettable evening celebrating the partial solar eclipse. All of Germany is celebrating the Long Night of Astronomy, and we’ll be there with a colorful...
The Euclid space telescope has captured over 60 million stars in our Milky Way in a single image—the largest high-resolution photo ever taken of the center of our Milky Way in visible light.
Orbiting, accretion, destruction: Binary stars cannot coexist peacefully in the long run. The astronomer couple Kerstin Weis and Dominik Bomans are investigating the physical processes that lead to the formation of nebulae.
This week, the sky above Germany provided a rare light show: even in the Ruhr region, the Northern Lights were visible. Dominik Bomans is a professor of astronomy and explains in an interview why we are currently able to admire the Northern Lights so intensely in the sky...
The Ruhr Astroparticle and Plasma Physics Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a visually stunning new planetarium show. From October 12, 2025, visitors will gain completely new insights into stellar explosions, black holes and distant galaxies.
