News and Events

Keep up-to-date with all news, events, and talks at the Observatory.

News

28/07/2025 Mourning our colleague Stella Seitz
Dr Stella Seitz has shaped the University Observatory over three decades. She passed away on 13 July 2025 and leaves behind a great gap.
15/07/2025 Clues to Forming Planets Around Young Star RIK 113
Observations of a young star reveal promising signs of planet formation.
04/07/2025 Neutron star merger event S250206dm: no needle in this haystack
Two recent publications analyze the potential optical counterpart to a neutron star merger

18 Sep

18/09/2025 Registration for 2025 Cambridge-LMU Cosmology Workshop now open
The long-standing Cambridge-LMU Workshops are dedicated to strengthening the collaboration between the Cambridge and Munich cosmology communities.
15 Oct

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04 Feb

15/10/2025 - 04/02/2026 LMU Astrophysics Colloquium winter semester 2025/26
The Astrophysics Colloquium takes place every Wednesday at 11:00 during the lecture period.