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NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
As part of Science Year 2023, which is themed “Our Universe”, Leibniz University Hannover invites all those interested to engage in exchange and dialogue on science and research. The Science Year events at LUH will focus on the newest findings in space research and current issues in the natural and social sciences. They will look at the origins of the universe and the pressing questions of our time: How did our solar system come into being? What makes our earth liveable? What does the future of our planet look like, and how can we protect it?
Measuring Climate Change from Space
MS Wissenschaft exhibition ship
28 June–1 July 2023, Mittellandkanal Hannover (near Vahrenwalder Straße, at the Finanzamt)
Differences in the earth’s gravitational pull can be measured very precisely from space. The TerraQ collaborative research centre at Leibniz University Hannover is developing sensors, measurement techniques and methods of analysis for satellite missions. These can identify climate change processes with an unprecedented level of accuracy. From May to September 2023, a model of a satellite pair used to measure the earth’s gravitational field can be viewed in roughly 30 German cities on board the MS Wissenschaft exhibition ship. The ship will stop in Hannover from 28 June to 1 July.
Leibniz Science Cube: Leibniz UNIverse
Exhibition
Main LUH building, Welfengarten 1 (lower ground floor)
The Leibniz Science Cube highlights research projects at Leibniz University Hannover that reflect each year’s “Science Year” topic. This year you can learn about exciting research on the universe in the fields of astrophysics, satellite-based geodesy and quantum optics. Discover the LISA gravitational wave detector, the MAIUS sounding rocket mission and the Einstein Elevator for experiments in microgravity conditions. Hear what a supernova sounds like, and learn what Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz thought about crystalline spheres in the sky or countless earths in space.
Leibniz UNIverse Three Sites of Knowledge – Six Perspectives
Lecture series
The scientists at Leibniz University Hannover conduct research in very different universes – from the endless expanses of space to the depth of human existence. Join an LUH researcher and a well-known figure from the Hannover community to explore these topics at one of Hannover’s knowledge centres.
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Dark Matter, Black Holes and the Birth of New Stars –
How the James Webb Space Telescope provides a glimpse of the early days of the universe
Leibniz Campus Lecture
Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger
(designated founding director of the German Center for Astrophysics in Görlitz, professor at TU Dresden, head scientist at DESY in Zeuthen)
29 November 2023, 6 pm, atrium of the main LUH building (Lichthof), Welfengarten 1
Black holes are among the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the universe. Numerous discoveries over recent years have continued to raise new questions for science: black holes from the early days of the universe as well as galaxies with surprisingly large black holes at their centres. Many of the phenomena observed contradict the existing understanding of cosmology. One explanation could be primordial black holes, which came into being shortly after the Big Bang. The Leibniz Campus Lecture illuminates the cosmological development of black holes, the nature of dark matter and how the James Webb Space Telescope can contribute to the research on them.
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Michèle Heurs (Institute of Gravitational Physics, LUH)
Clover in Space
Herrenhausen Late
Prof. Dr. Helge Küster, Dr. Natalija Hohnjec (Institute of Plant Genetics) and students (Clover project)
13 December 2023, 8.30 pm, Schloss Herrenhausen
A team of Leibniz University Hannover students from plant biotechnology, mechanical engineering and computer science took part successfully in the junior researchers’ competition “Überflieger 2”, which is organised by the German Aerospace Center. The project they developed, called “Clover”, travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) for four weeks beginning on 15 March 2023. Following its return to earth, the experiment’s results are now being assessed. The project’s origins and initial results will be presented at this Herrenhausen Late event.
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