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What do cosmic maps tell us about the history of the Universe?

Kosmisches Kino on 13 February

10 January 2025

Dr. Steffen Hagstotz from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich (LMU) gives an overview of the largest structures in the Universe, where they come from and what they tell us about dark energy and the cosmos. This German-language event will take place on 13 February 2025 at 19:00 in the ESO Supernova. Tickets cost 6.50 Euro each and can now be booked online.

The Universe is a cosmic network of galaxies and stars - enormous structures that today extend over millions of light years. The farther away a galaxy is, the longer its light takes to reach us. What does the distribution of galaxies in the sky tell us about the history of the Universe? How did it develop? And what role does dark energy play in this?

Cosmology is currently in a golden age. A new observation programme of light-sensitive telescopes reaches around the entire globe and is supplemented by state-of-the-art satellite programs. This technology allows us to detect galaxies at great distances and soon to map a considerable portion of all galaxies and thus observe a large part of the history of the Universe.

“Kosmisches Kino” is a series of events organised by the Exzellenzcluster ORIGINS in cooperation with ESO Supernova. The event on 13 February 2025 will take place in German. There will be no translation. The event in the planetarium starts at 19:00. The ESO Supernova will not close as normal at 17:00 but instead remains open for visitors to explore the exhibition or watch a planetarium show anytime until the beginning of the event.

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What is Kosmisches Kino?

Kosmisches Kino (Cosmic Cinema) takes visitors into the breathtaking depths of space. Researchers from the ORIGINS Cluster of Excellence will accompany you on your journey through the cosmos with selected excerpts from planetarium films and an associated lecture.

Sit back and marvel. Want to know more? Just ask! Kosmisches Kino events take place under the dome of the planetarium. They offer all visitors, no prior knowledge required, an atmospheric insight into the world of research and provide you with new insights. At the end of the event, the researchers answer questions from the audience.

The lecture series Kosmisches Kino is a collaboration between ESO and the ORIGINS Cluster of Excellence and presents current research topics. The ORIGINS Excellence Cluster combines astrophysics, particle physics and biophysics to investigate the formation of the Universe and the origin of life. The lectures address exciting questions that current research is investigating: Is there a common thread connecting the Big Bang with the origin of life? How do you measure radiation from space and its effect on humans? Where and how do planets and stars form? What is Dark Matter? What are the building blocks of life on Earth and do they exist elsewhere in space? These and many other questions will be addressed over the course of the event series.

Admission to the approximately one-hour-long evening event with planetarium visualisations, a live lecture and open discussion costs 6.50 Euros per person. Events are aimed at people aged 12 years and over.

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