Public events

Public events

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics are taking part in various online and in-person events for the interested public at the Potsdam and Hanover sites.

Upcoming public events

Public talk (in German) “Charting the invisible universe with the help of gravitational-wave detectors”

Public talk
  • Date: Apr 22, 2025
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Gudrun Wanner
  • Location: Hochschule Bremen, Werderstraße 73, 28199 Bremen
  • Room: Hörsaal B-120
  • Host: Olbers-Gesellschaft
  • Contact: redaktion@olbers-gesellschaft.de
On September 14, 2015, a gravitational wave was detected for the first time, originating from the merger of two black holes. Less than two years later, this great success was honored with a Nobel Prize. Since then, a lot has happened and the field of research continues to develop rapidly. [more]

Public talk (in German) “Charting the invisible universe with the help of gravitational-wave detectors”

Public talk
  • Date: Apr 23, 2025
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Gudrun Wanner
  • Location: Gymnasium Nordenham, Bahnhofstraße 52, 26954 Nordenham
  • Room: Hörsaal (Neubau, 2. Stock)
  • Host: Sternfreunde Nordenham
  • Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
  • Contact: info@nordenhamer-sternfreunde.de
On September 14, 2015, a gravitational wave was detected for the first time, originating from the merger of two black holes. Less than two years later, this great success was honored with a Nobel Prize. Since then, a lot has happened and the field of research continues to develop rapidly. [more]

Why is spacetime curved?

Public Event
  • Date: Apr 25, 2025
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Miriam Ebbing, Steff Hörmanseder, Ilona Klein, Luz Lea Richtmann
  • Location: RAMPE - Coworking für Musiker*innen, Gerhardtstraße 3, 30167 Hannover
  • Topic: Cultural cooperation
In a performative exhibition with elements from the fields of music, projection, installation, and experimental video art, the artists address some questions in physics. [more]

Why is spacetime curved?

Public Event
  • Date: Apr 26, 2025
  • Time: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Miriam Ebbing, Steff Hörmanseder, Ilona Klein, Luz Lea Richtmann
  • Location: RAMPE - Coworking für Musiker*innen, Gerhardtstraße 3, 30167 Hannover
  • Topic: Cultural cooperation
In a performative exhibition with elements from the fields of music, projection, installation, and experimental video art, the artists address some questions in physics. [more]

Potsdam Science Day (Potsdamer Tag der Wissenschaften) 2025

Public Event
  • Date: May 10, 2025
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Location: Potsdam Science Park
  • Topic: Open day
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics participates in the Potsdam Science Day on 10 May 2025, 1pm - 7pm. Location: Potsdam Science Park [more]

Public talk (in German) “10 years of gravitational-wave astronomy: insights and mysteries after more than 300 observations”

Public talk
  • Date: May 22, 2025
  • Time: 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Frank Ohme
  • Location: hybrid, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Hauptstr. 5, 53604 Bad Honnef
  • Room: Großer Hörsaal
  • Host: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Bad Honnefer Industriegespräche
  • Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
  • Contact: hg.grothues@dlr.de
Since 14 September 2015, we have been exploring a previously unknown part of the universe with the help of vibrations of space-time: gravitational waves. [more]

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