Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences – and yet also one of the most modern. The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg is proof of this. The researchers here decipher the mysteries of the ...

TRAPPIST-1 b is one of seven rocky planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, located 40 light-years away. The planetary system is ...

The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, built the crucial opto-mechanical components for one of the two scientific instruments, the Coronagraph Instrument (CGI).