Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a research institute in astronomy and astrophysics located in Göttingen, Germany, where it relocated in February 2014 from the nearby village of Lindau. The exploration of the Solar System is the central theme for research done at this institute.
New Institute building in Göttingen, built in 2013 and occupied in 2014
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research – April 2006
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Lindau, about a year before relocating – March 2013
Prof. Ulrich Christensen (left), Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon (centre) and Prof. Dr. Sami K. Solanki (right)
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck. The society is funded by the federal and state governments of Germany.
Max Planck, after whom the society is named
Entrance of the administrative headquarters of the Max Planck Society in Munich
