The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to announce that the dissertation prize for 2025, donated by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, will be awarded to Dr. Sophie Aerdker. The astrophysicist has been working in Prof. Julia Tjus's group...
Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak and her Indian colleague Prof. Dr. Shabnam Iyyani have been awarded the WISER (Women Involvement in Science & Engineering Research) Collaboration Grant. Together, they are tracking gamma ray bursts.
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...
