The Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. It is located in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany near the top of the Königstuhl, adjacent to the histor
View on the MPIA building
Managing director and APEx department director Laura Kreidberg (2020)
GC department director Hans-Walter Rix (2009)
Haus der Astronomie in early 2018
Star formation
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Star formation is the process by which dense regions within molecular clouds in interstellar space—sometimes referred to as "stellar nurseries" or "star-forming regions"—collapse and form stars. As a
Westerhout 51 nebula in Aquila – one of the largest star factories in the Milky Way (August 25, 2020)
Hubble Space Telescope image known as Pillars of Creation, where stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula
Assembly of galaxy in early Universe
ALMA observations of the Orion Nebula complex provide insights into explosions at star birth.