Join us next week at our new Astronomy on Tap Köln season of WiSe 2025-2026! Program below. Registrations: https://t.rausgegangen.de/tickets/astronomy-on-tap-koln-2
Every month, Astronomy on Tap Köln brings you fun and enlightening talks in German and English! Join us to find what Astrophysicists are up to in solving the puzzles of the cosmos.
Make sure to show off your smarts in the exciting Pub Quiz. Winners get astronomy goodies from the European Southern Observatory, SOFIA and other cool telescopes, to take home!
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Program 04.Dec 2025
“Diamantring im all” (auf Deutsch) by Simon Dannhauer
Das meiste, was man zu Thema wissen müssen, hat Rihanna bereits in ihrem Song „Diamonds“ mit der Zeile „Shine bright like a diamond … a diamond in the sky“ auf den Punkt gebracht. Nur dass eine solche Behauptung in der Wissenschaft eben Vorschläge, Diskussionen, Teleskope und vieles mehr erfordert. All diese Dinge, die hinter der endgültigen Veröffentlichung verborgen sind, stehen im Mittelpunkt dieses Vortrags.
” Telescopes: Their Origins and the Universe They Revealed ” (in English) by Flavia Carolina Santos Do Amaral A journey through the origins of telescopes: how simple lenses sparked a scientific revolution and opened humanity’s first window to the universe.
