AIP in the media

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Thousands of stars in one shot – Potsdam telescope 4MOST launched

Interview with Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz about the “First Light” of 4MOST on October 18, 2025

https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/modo1619/_/tausende-sterne-auf-einen-blick-das-potsdamer-teleskop-4most-sta.html

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Tagesschau from October 21, 2025

At the Paranal Observatory in Chile, the new 4Most telescope is starting its work researching stars and galaxies.

https://www.tagesschau.de/tagesschau/ts-74026.html

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From Chile to space through Potsdam eyes

A feature on the development of 4MOST by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam on Inforadio

https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/10/forschungseinrichtung-eso-4most-potsdam-leibniz-institut-astrophysik-spektrograf-multi-objekt-teleskop-chile-observatorium-paranal-brandenburg.html

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Heartbeat of a faraway star

Article about the work of Dr. Julian Alvarado Gomez on Iota Horologii, the first magnetically mapped star besides the Sun.

https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/neues/forschungsnachrichten/forschungsnachrichten-single/newsdetails/herzschlag-eines-fernen-sterns

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The sun, the moon, and black holes

Dr. Katja Poppenhäger in an interview with Tagesspiegel in the series 100 Heads

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/sonne-mond-und-schwarze-locher-diese-forscher-bringen-licht-in-die-planetensysteme-14495489.html

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Zwei ausgezeichnete AIP-Forschende

Article on two awards won by AIP researchers: Meetu Verma is a winner of the WISER programme, Alexis Rouillard receives the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

https://pro-physik.de/nachrichten/zwei-ausgezeichnete-aip-forschende

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Sind wir allein im Universum? | Raum für Notizen

Interview in the series "Raum für Notizen" (Room for Notes) with Dr. Iva Vilovic, a researcher in the section Stellar Physics and Exoplanets at AIP

https://www.alex-berlin.de/videos/2075744-sind-wir-allein-im-universum%3F-%7C-raum-f%C3%BCr-notizen

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Potsdamer Weltensucher beziehen neues Forschungszentrum

Short film on the inauguration of the new Maria-Margaretha-Kirch-Haus

https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/av7/video-einweihung-neubau-astrophysik-potsdam.html

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How Thuringia is analysing space weather

Radio feature about the camera system on the vacuum tower telescope (VTT) at the Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife

https://www.mdr.de/wissen/astronomie-raumfahrt/thueringer-landessternwarte-untersucht-sonne-und-weltraumwetter-100.html

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Wonders of the Sun in 8K: Old telescope’s “vision” reveals star in unprecedented detail

News feed on new images of the Sun with the Vaccuum Tower Telescope at Tenerife

https://universemagazine.com/en/wonders-of-the-sun-in-8k-old-telescopes-vision-reveals-star-in-unprecedented-detail/?srsltid=AfmBOoq02PH-wOMMG-01w_P3kkb_zFjHHSNKnVs-7VlOUyc01_9yFAM7

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The calendar patent and the Potsdam observatory

Radio feature on the founding of the Berlin Observatory on 10 May 1700

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/sternzeit-10-mai-2025-das-kalenderpatent-und-die-potsdamer-sternwarte-100.html

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JubilJahr2025: 275. Geburtstag von Caroline Herschel

Talk with Dr. Janine Fohlmeister

https://jubiljahr2024.podbean.com/e/carolineherschel/

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Bahnbrechende Methode erlaubt Blick in die dunklen Regionen der Milchstraße

Article on the press release from the AIP

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000250362/bahnbrechende-methode-erlaubt-blick-in-die-dunklen-regionen-der-milchstrasse?ref=rss

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Reading a Chapter of Galactic History from a Single Star

Article on a recent publication by AIP researchers about the star SOS1 which stands out in the Milky Way's bar.

https://aasnova.org/2025/01/03/reading-a-chapter-of-galactic-history-from-a-single-star/

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Von Himmelssternen bis Käsefondue in Babelsberg

Heimatjournal programme with contributions by Janine Fohlmeister on the AIP and Joar Brynnel on the 4MOST project for the VISTA telescope in Chile.

https://www.rbb-online.de/heimatjournal/videos/potsdam-babelsberg.html

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