Astronomy in Germany
By schuh @[email protected]RDS institutes, and adjacent organizations of interest. Astronomers in Germany, astronomers formerly in Germany, German astronomers abroad. Some highly visible profiles and projects with a connection to, or reporting on, Astronomy in Germany. Also, FediTips, because no starter pack is complete without them! #astronomy #astronomie #astrophysics #astrophysik #astrodon Not affiliated with https://www.astronomie-in-deutschland.de/ but do check out their website!
Fedi.Tips
@[email protected]Posting tips and answering questions about how to use Mastodon and the Fediverse 🌍
There are lots of guides on my site at https://fedi.tips. If you can't find your answer @ or DM me, there's no such thing as a silly question!
I am a volunteer, you can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/fedithing or become a patron at https://liberapay.com/FediThing
Maintained by @FediThing, banner artwork is by @posiputt
🎂 Account originally joined mstdn.social on 16th Nov 2020
DLR_next
@[email protected]Der etwas andere Account des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Juan Carlos Muñoz
@[email protected]• Astronomer and science communicator
• Media Officer at the European Southern Observatory - @esoastronomy
• Won't shut up about space
• #astronomy #astrophysics #science #astrophotography #space
• he/him
• Toots in English and español
• 🇪🇸 → 🇺🇸 → 🇨🇱 → 🇩🇪
Dr. Victoria Grinberg
@[email protected]- professional PhD astrophysicist #XraysAreTheBestRays
- #ClimateCrisis & Astronomers for Planet Earth
- science communication #VicisAstro
- artwork #VicisArt
- book recs #VicisBooks
- foodie & chef #ViciCooks
- living between Zuid-Holland (50%), Süddeutschland (20%) & on the road (30%)
- she/her
Housekeeping:
- private account, not speaking for my employer
- most posts expire after 12 months
- direct messages from non-mutuals are blocked & ignored
- full text search enabled
Florian Freistetter
@[email protected]Astronom, Autor, Podcaster, Science Busters, Wissenschaftskommunikation
Mark McCaughrean
@[email protected]Adjunct scientist, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg / Former Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency / JWST Science Working Group Interdisciplinary Scientist / Co-founder Space Rocks / New worlds ahead / Opinions very much own
Now living in a hilly part of Germany & very much missing regular cycling with the wide horizons & big skies of The Netherlands 😢🚴♂️
Wir sind das Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) und lieben unsere Themen Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt, Energie, Verkehr, Digitalisierung & Sicherheit! Web: https://www.dlr.de/de Impressum: https://www.dlr.de/de/service/impressum Datenschutz: https://www.dlr.de/de/service/datenschutz Netiquette: https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/social-media/netiquette
The European Southern Observatory designs, builds & operates world-class observatories on the ground for the benefit of society.
Karl Urban
@[email protected]Wissenschaftsjournalist 🖋️
Reporter für den @weltraum bei @riffreporter 🛰️🚀✨🪐
Geologe ⚒️ 💎 🌍
Podcaster @astro_geo 🎙️
Hobbyimker 🐝
Lebt in #Tübingen 🏔️🚴
Prof Heino Falcke
@[email protected]Prof. Astrophysics, columnist D/NL, bestseller author “Licht im Dunkeln/Light in the Darkness/Licht in de duisternis” about the first ever image of a black hole shadow with the Event Horizon Telescope, that I was deeply involved in. Work at Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL), live near Cologne (D). Am a happy European, Christian, dad, and granddad. #fedi22 #astronomy #science
DESY
@[email protected]Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Deutschlands größtes Beschleunigerzentrum. Ein Forschungszentrum der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft. English feed @DESYnews
Euclid Consortium
@[email protected]Official Consortium of ESA's Euclid mission on the Universe's dark matter, energy & expansion, 15 European countries + USA + CAN + JAP, 2000+ scientists + engineers. Telescope successfully launched 1 July 2023 and now arrived at L2. Scientific surveys started 14 February 2024. First science data released!
Daniel Fischer
@[email protected]Science writer in Germany since, gasp, 1982 specializing in all things space. Blogging all the time - in German - on https://skyweek.wordpress.com Supports tootfinder
Haus der Astronomie
@[email protected]Zentrum für astronomische Bildungs- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in Heidelberg - Center for Astronomy Education and Outreach in Heidelberg, Germany. Toots auf Deutsch and in English
Früher - previously: @hausderastronomie
Impressum - Imprint: https://www.haus-der-astronomie.de/de/impressum
Die Weltraumreporter
@[email protected]Eure Korrespondenten aus dem All. Stolzes Mitglied der @riffreporter
Ein Onlinemagazin von Felicitas Mokler, Franziska Konitzer, Patrick Klapetz, Uwe Reichert und Karl Urban
franco_vazza
@[email protected]#SimulatedUniverses #AstroPhysicsFactlet
Astrophysicist at Bologna University and @ERC_Research grantee.
I study the cosmic web, extragalactic magnetism and clusters of galaxies with colorful simulations.
Official account of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), the leading organisation for Earth, planetary & space science research in Europe. Online 10-5 CEST Mo-Fr | #EGU25 27 April - 2 May 2025
MPS Göttingen
@[email protected]Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
MPI · Sun and Heliosphere · Solar and Stellar Interiors · Planetary Science
International Max Planck Research School: @imprs_solar
Discoverability: #mpi #solarphysics #astrophysics #astronomy #planetaryscience #geosciences #astrodon #space #maxplanck #imprs #göttingen #tootfinder #fedi22 searchable
Fediverse history: Previously @mpsgoettingen, moved to this profile in June 2025.
MPIfR_Bonn
@[email protected]Begleitet uns in die faszinierende Welt der Radioastronomie.
Join us in the fascinating world of radio astronomy.
Home of the 100 m Radio Telescope Effelsberg
Knud Jahnke
@[email protected]Astronomer, #ESAEuclid developer, cares enthusiastically about #space, #urbanism, #climatechange, and #HumanPoweredVehicles
MPI for Gravitational Physics
@[email protected]The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) is the largest research institute in the world specializing in general relativity and beyond. The institute is located in Potsdam and in Hannover.
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) ist die weltweit größte Forschungseinrichtung zur Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie und darüber hinausgehenden Themen. Das Institut befindet sich in Potsdam und in Hannover.
Tim Lichtenberg
@[email protected]Assistant Professor of Planetary Physics at Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen 🇪🇺 he/him 🌍🧬🌋🔭🖥️ #Exoplanets #Atmospheres #Astronomy #Geophysics #Geochemistry #PlanetaryScience #OriginOfLife #Astrodon
AstroGeo Podcast
@[email protected]Pro Podcast-Folge hörst du eine wahre Geschichte zwischen Weltall und Erde, #Astronomie und #Geologie, erzählt von Franziska Konitzer und Karl Urban (@pikarl).
Wir sind der Podcast von @weltraum und stolzes Mitglied der @riffreporter.
Leo Burtscher
@[email protected]Migrating from Twitter... he/his; husband; father of 3; climate and energy policy Umweltinstitut München; astronomer at Leiden University; co-founder Astronomers for Planet Earth. Active with ADFC Garching und B'90/Die Grünen Garching
MPI für Astronomie
@[email protected]Astronomical research institute in Heidelberg specializing in exoplanet atmospheres, planet and star formation, galaxies and cosmology / Astronomisches Forschungsinstitut in Heidelberg mit Schwerpunkt auf Exoplaneten-Atmosphären, Planeten- und Sternentstehung, Galaxien und Kosmologie – Impressum: http://mpia.de/impressum (Titelbild: D. Elsässer)
Benjamin Winkel
@[email protected]Radio astronomer at MPIfR/Effelsberg observatory, Python programmer, Spectrum manager, amateur astro photographer; #EBHIS, #HI4PI
Chair of the Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies #CRAF
Benjamin Knispel
@[email protected]Physiker, Max-Planck-Institut-Öffentlichkeitsarbeiter, ehemaliger Einstein@Home-Radioastronom in Hannovers Umland
Physicist, Max Planck Institute Press & Outreach Officer, former Einstein@Home radio astronomer in and around Hannover, Germany
Carolin Liefke
@[email protected]Astronomy, education, outreach, #scicomm, outdoors, geocaching, weather balloons. And cats. In English and in German. she/her
schuh
@[email protected]Astrophysics and science management.
Stellar atmospheres. Radiative transfer. Evolved stars. Pulsations. Planets.
Currently employed at MPI for Solar System Research @mpsgoettingen, scientific coordinator of the IMPRS @imprs_solar. Opinions are my own.
Fedi creature since early 2020. Previously @schuh on astrodon.social since November 2022, moved main account to academiccloud.social in May 2025.
Hamburg Observatory
@[email protected]An institute of the University of Hamburg
IMPRS Solar System School
@[email protected]International Max Planck Research School for Solar System Science at the University of Göttingen and at TU Braunschweig: a PhD program in astrophysics and geosciences at @mpsgoettingen @unigoettingen @thegoecampus @tubraunschweig
Discoverability: #imprs #solarphysics #astrophysics #astronomy #planetaryscience #geosciences #astrodon #space #mpi #maxplanck #unigöttingen #tubraunschweig #tootfinder searchable
Astronomiemuseum
@[email protected]Hier trötet das Astronomiemuseum der Sternwarte Sonneberg. Wir befinden uns in Sonneberg im Ortsteil Neufang.
https://astronomiemuseum.de
Planetarium Bochum
@[email protected]"✨ Willkommen im Planetarium Bochum!
🔭 Neuigkeiten aus der Welt der Astronomie & spannende Updates direkt aus dem Planetarium.
🌌 Lasst uns gemeinsam ins Universum eintauchen! 🚀"
Pᵉtɘr Wᵉil8acher
@[email protected]Astronomer at Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP).
Posting about papers I'm involved in, podcasts I listen to, and other things vaguely related to my work.
Florian Freistetter
@[email protected]Astronom, Autor, Podcaster, Science Busters, Wissenschaftskommunikation
Hier vor allem zu Wisskomm, bin aber auch unter [email protected]