Institute for Astro- and Particle Physics

Research groups

Experimental Astroparticle Physics

Olaf Reimer

Stellar Evolution and Asteroseismology

Konstanze Zwintz

Computational Astroparticle Physics

Ralf Kissmann

Galaxy Formation and Evolution

Francine Marleau

Theoretical Astroparticle Physics

Anita Reimer

News

ESO milestone achieved: Deep insights into the universe

With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory in Chile, have passed the final design review. The Austrian cooperation A* (Universities of Vienna and Innsbruck, JKU Linz, Austrian Academy of Sciences) is involved in the development.

Thousands of dwarf galaxies discovered

The European Space Agency ESA today published new data from its Euclid space telescope. These used for a galactic census undertaken by astronomer Francine Marleau and her team at the Department of Astro- and Particle Physics at the University of Innsbruck: In Euclid images the scientists identified and characterized 2,674 dwarf galaxies.

Citizen Science: Help classify the shapes of galaxies

Thanks to a new ESA Citizen Science project as part of the Galaxy Zoo initiative, citizens can help identify the shapes of tens of thousands of galaxies in images from ESA's Euclid space telescope. These classifications will help scientists clarify how the shapes of galaxies have changed over time and what caused these changes.

The origin of cosmic radiation

Current research results from the field of gamma-ray astronomy contrast the decades-old paradigm of the origin of galactic cosmic particle rays. A researcher from Innsbruck led the corresponding investigation with NASA's Fermi Space Telescope.