Everything around us is made up of hydrogen and helium, which were formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang. A new experimental facility is now beginning operations at TU Dresden to study precisely this early phase of the universe in the laboratory. | more
A black rock from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is full of cosmic mysteries. Researchers at the HZDR in Dresden have found radioactive atoms from space within it—and thereby determined the age of an ancient event: The last rare cosmic spectacle in our galactic neighborhood occurred at least 100 million years ago. | more
