During a visit last week to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, DESY Director for Astroparticle Physics Christian Stegmann and Stefan Ohm, Head of Regional Networking and Science Communication at the German Centre for Astrophysics (DZA), further deepened scientific ties to Ukraine.
Das DZA sucht originelle Ideen aus der Oberlausitz, die unser Forschungszentrum und den regionalen Wandel in Verbindung bringen. Die besten Ideen aus der Region werden mit Preisgeldern prämiert, um ihre Umsetzung zu unterstützen. Ab sofort freuen wir uns über Ihre Einreichungen.
Vom 15. bis 19. September 2025 richtet das im Aufbau befindliche Deutsche Zentrum für Astrophysik (DZA) in Görlitz die Internationale Jahrestagung der Astronomischen Gesellschaft (AG) unter dem Titel "The restless Universe" aus. Damit findet nach 100 Jahren erstmals wieder eine Jahrestagung der Astronomischen Gesellschaft (AG) in Sachsen statt – zuletzt tagte die Gesellschaft 1924 in Leipzig.
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Until now, Germany has lacked a major national research centre for astrophysics comparable to other institutions such as the German Cancer Research Centre or the German Research Centre for Geosciences. The DZA wants to do justice to this position and conduct world-class astrophysics in Lusatia in the center of Europe.
The German Centre for Astrophysics (DZA) is a major research centre with international appeal that is currently in the build-up phase. The build-up phase began in April 2023 and is due to be completed in 2026. The DZA will then be able to operate independently and, as a centre for astrophysics, digitalisation, and technology development perform cutting-edge research, and become a driver of innovation in Lusatia, helping the region in the border triangle of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic to make the transition following the lignite phase-out.
Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch, German astrophysicist and television presenter
»Research on black holes, red giants and white dwarfs is just as fascinating as dark energy and dark matter. A large-scale research center in Lusatia can make an excellent contribution to this.«
Prof. Dr. Christian Stegmann, Director of Astroparticle Physics, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
»We create a place of absolute calm: the ‘seismic zero’«
