[{"id":7935,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/7935-2\/","name":"7935-2","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1920-1080-max.png","alt":"Clusters of young galaxies in the early Universe that later grow into large clusters are called protoclusters. This artist\u2019s impression of the protocluster SPT2349-56 shows interacting galaxies of different shapes and sizes, and gas (orange) that is torn apart and heated by tidal forces. Due to its great distance from Earth, we see SPT2349-56 as it looked only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, when the Universe was 10% of its current age.] [Image Credit: N.Sulzenauer, MPIfR]"},"title":"How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Feb 10, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-02-10 09:30:00","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 15:25:33","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 14:25:33","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":39},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early Universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international team led by Nikolaus Sulzenauer and Axel Wei\u00df from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) used data from the Atacama Large Millimeter\/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to shed light on this open question of galaxy formation. They studied one of the most spectacular galaxy aggregations, expected to be the birthplace of an elliptical galaxy, in great detail. The team discovered enormous, shock-heated tidal debris around a group of 40 galaxies rapidly falling toward a common center. Although fleeting on astrophysical time scales, extreme events like this might represent a hallmark phase for massive galaxy and galaxy cluster assembly in the early Universe. The results are published in the current issue of The Astrophysical Journal."},{"id":7694,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/tracing-the-big-bang\/","name":"tracing-the-big-bang","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/14_ccat-site-telescope_1-13-20.jpg","alt":"FYST telescope site rendering"},"title":"Tracing the Big Bang","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 9, 2026","dateGMT":"2026-01-09 13:08:41","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 12:41:12","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 11:41:12","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":8,"sec":9},"status":"publish","excerpt":"With the University of Cologne involved, a powerful radio telescope is rising in Chile\u2019s Atacama Desert to probe the origins of the universe\n\nOne of the world\u2019s most powerful radio telescopes is being built in the Chilean Atacama Desert with the participation of the University of Cologne. Once assembled, it will be able to look back to the origins of our universe. Its construction in Germany, its assembly at an altitude of 5,600 metres, and the expected scientific results \u2013 a journey to the limits of what is possible."},{"id":7624,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/telescope-images-show-time-stamped-rings-in-jet-from-a-newborn-star\/","name":"telescope-images-show-time-stamped-rings-in-jet-from-a-newborn-star","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image_2-scaled.jpg","alt":"\u201cTomographic\u201d view obtained by ALMA that reveals how the supersonic protostellar jet from SVS 13 interacts with the surrounding environment. In the background, an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) shows the cavity carved out by the jet, together with the bluish glow of the Herbig\u2013Haro objects 7\u201311, especially striking at optical wavelengths. Credits: Guillermo Bl\u00e1zquez-Calero, Mayra Osorio, Guillem Anglada. Background image credits: ESA\/Hubble & NASA, Karl Stapelfeldt."},"title":"Telescope images show time-stamped rings in jet from a newborn star","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Dec 18, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-12-18 14:44:50","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 12:47:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 11:47:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":17},"status":"publish","excerpt":"A team of astronomers including a researcher from Cologne has captured the most detailed images ever taken of a jet launched by a young star. In astronomy, a jet is a narrow, rapid stream of particles and energy that is hurled into space by celestial objects ranging from black holes to young stars. The latest images show a series of delicate, ring-like structures that record violent outbursts of energy during the star\u2019s early life. With these findings, the researchers have confirmed a theoretical model that has prevailed for decades. The study \u2018Bowshocks driven by the pole-on molecular jet of outbursting protostar SVS 13\u2019 was published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy."},{"id":7420,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/stars-defy-the-black-hole-research-in-cologne-shows-stable-orbits-around-sagittarius-a\/","name":"stars-defy-the-black-hole-research-in-cologne-shows-stable-orbits-around-sagittarius-a","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/csm_20241217_schwarzesloch_sagittariusA_fae2d0fbc2.jpg","alt":"csm_20241217_schwarzesloch_sagittariusA_fae2d0fbc2"},"title":"Stars defy the black hole: research in Cologne shows stable orbits around Sagittarius A*","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Dec 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-12-01 11:05:32","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 12:43:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 11:43:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":41},"status":"publish","excerpt":"An international research team led by PD Dr Florian Pei\u00dfker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation instrument ERIS (Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph) at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) facility in Chile to show that several so-called\u00a0\u2018dusty objects\u2019 follow stable orbits around the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the centre of our galaxy. Earlier studies had surmised that some of these objects could be swallowed up by the black hole. New data refute this assumption. The findings have been published under the title\u00a0\u2018Closing the gap: Follow-up observations of peculiar dusty objects close to Sgr A* using ERIS\u2019 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics."},{"id":7292,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/a-sparkling-diamond-ring-in-space-astronomers-in-cologne-unravel-the-mystery-of-a-cosmic-ring\/","name":"a-sparkling-diamond-ring-in-space-astronomers-in-cologne-unravel-the-mystery-of-a-cosmic-ring","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/csm_20251117_astro_diamantring_a06abc1d50.jpg","alt":"diamond ring"},"title":"A sparkling \u2018Diamond Ring\u2019 in space: Astronomers in Cologne unravel the mystery of a cosmic ring","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 17, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-17 15:02:19","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 12:46:50","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 11:46:50","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":59},"status":"publish","excerpt":"An international team led by researchers from the University of Cologne has solved the mystery of an extraordinary phenomenon known as the \u2018Diamond Ring\u2019 in the star-forming region Cygnus X, a huge, ring-shaped structure made of gas and dust that resembles a glowing diamond ring. In similar structures, the formations are not flat but spherical in shape. How this special shape came about was previously unknown. The results have been published under the title \u2018The Diamond Ring in Cygnus X: an advanced stage of an expanding bubble of ionized carbon\u2019 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics."},{"id":6136,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/teleskope-von-der-wuste-bis-ins-all-taz-artikel\/","name":"teleskope-von-der-wuste-bis-ins-all-taz-artikel","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/grafik-online-taz-250516-Wissen-Teleskope-1.png","alt":"grafik-online-taz-250516-Wissen-Teleskope-1"},"title":"Teleskope - Von der W\u00fcste bis ins All (taz-newspaper article)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jun 7, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-06-07 05:44:03","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 11:50:58","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 10:50:58","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":15},"status":"publish","excerpt":"St\u00e4ndig werden neue Teleskope gebaut. Aber warum stehen so viele in der chilenischen W\u00fcste? Und gibt es nicht schon zu viel Lichtverschmutzung? (Ruth Lang Fuentes)"},{"id":6008,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/fyst-in-the-german-television-riesenteleskop-aus-duisburg-in-der-atacamawuste-angekommen-wdr-15-05-2025\/","name":"fyst-in-the-german-television-riesenteleskop-aus-duisburg-in-der-atacamawuste-angekommen-wdr-15-05-2025","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UzK_250329_Teleskoptransport_Chile_005-scaled.jpg","alt":"UzK_250329_Teleskoptransport_Chile"},"title":"FYST in the German Television: Riesenteleskop aus Duisburg in der Atacamaw\u00fcste angekommen (WDR, 15.05.2025)","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"May 14, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-05-14 13:32:40","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 11:51:09","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 10:51:09","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":""},{"id":5937,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/the-kolner-stadtanzeiger-writes-about-fysts-transport-to-chile\/","name":"the-kolner-stadtanzeiger-writes-about-fysts-transport-to-chile","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b5616a60-071d-4090-9988-5eab7a8d1932.jpeg.avif","alt":"Copyright: Ludolf DahmenThe FYST telescope parts being transported through the Atacama desert (Copyright: Ludolf Dahmen, UzK)"},"title":"The \"K\u00f6lner Stadtanzeiger\" writes about FYST's transport to Chile","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"May 14, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-05-14 09:28:40","modifiedDate":"2025-05-16 18:59:15","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-05-16 16:59:15","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":5},"status":"publish","excerpt":""},{"id":5877,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/sciencevega-article-the-binary-star-at-the-heart-of-our-galaxy\/","name":"sciencevega-article-the-binary-star-at-the-heart-of-our-galaxy","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-05-at-09.50.53.png","alt":"ScreenshotScienceVega"},"title":"ScienceVega Article: The binary star at the heart of our Galaxy","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"May 5, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-05-05 07:53:53","modifiedDate":"2025-05-05 09:53:55","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-05-05 07:53:55","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":0},"status":"publish","excerpt":""},{"id":5544,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/new-high-powered-telescope-reaches-chilean-peak\/","name":"new-high-powered-telescope-reaches-chilean-peak","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UzK_250329_Teleskoptransport_Chile_005-scaled.jpg","alt":"UzK_250329_Teleskoptransport_Chile"},"title":"New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Apr 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-04-01 16:48:50","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 14:35:18","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 13:35:18","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":28},"status":"publish","excerpt":"The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope is now ready to be assembled at its destination in the Atacama Desert. Planned to take up operations in April 2026, it will be able to look all the way back to the Big Bang, revealing new details about star and galaxy formation.\n\nAfter a six-week ocean voyage, a week spent outside Chile\u2019s Port of Angamos waiting to offload and another week trekking through the mountains, the first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home: the Cerro Chajnantor mountaintop, more than 5.600 metres above sea level."},{"id":5000,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/fred-young-submillimeter-telescope-fyst-is-on-its-way-to-chile\/","name":"fred-young-submillimeter-telescope-fyst-is-on-its-way-to-chile","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/csm_UzK_250117_FYST_Verschiffung_Wesel-4724_2ed2abc8fe.jpg","alt":"FYST on the ship"},"title":"Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) is on its way to Chile","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jan 27, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-01-27 15:01:04","modifiedDate":"2025-09-23 11:30:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-09-23 09:30:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":3},"status":"publish","excerpt":"On 17 January, the telescope started its journey to Chile."},{"id":4858,"link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/first-double-star\/","name":"first-double-star","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/eso2418a.jpg","alt":""},"title":"ESO news: First ever binary star found near our galaxy\u2019s supermassive black hole","postMeta":[],"author":{"name":"admin","link":"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Dec 18, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-12-18 09:11:25","modifiedDate":"2026-02-10 14:34:56","modifiedDateGMT":"2026-02-10 13:34:56","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfb1601.astro.uni-koeln.de\/category\/science\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Science<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":7,"sec":32},"status":"publish","excerpt":"An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has been found in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. The discovery, based on data collected by the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT), helps us understand how stars survive in environments with extreme gravity, and could pave the way for the detection of planets close to Sagittarius A*."}]