Topic: gravitational waves

Three-year research positions allowing early-career astrophysicists to develop an independent programme while collaborating with MPA researchers. Areas include stars and stellar systems, supernovae, gravitational waves, galaxy formation, black holes and cosmology. Fellows have access to computing facilities and support for scientific travel. Gross annual salary is stated as approximately EUR 67,500–77,700 depending on experience, with public-service benefits. Apply by 15 November 2026 with a CV, publication list, research statement and three referees; reference letters are due on the same date

Establish a faculty research programme through Berkeley's broad physics search. Stated areas include space and solar-plasma physics, gravitational waves and black-hole science.

Ore Gottlieb’s group studies compact objects and high-energy transients through general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations, analytical models and multimessenger predictions. Topics include black holes, neutron stars, collapsars, stellar explosions, compact-object mergers, gamma-ray bursts, nucleosynthesis and gravitational waves. The researcher can develop independent projects and use leadership-class computing allocations. The benefits-eligible appointment is for two years with a possible third year, beginning flexibly in summer or autumn 2027. Salary is $73,308–$90,000. Application

The conference brings the astroparticle community together to discuss cosmic rays, high-energy photons, neutrinos, dark matter and multi-messenger observations. Solar and heliospheric research, gravitational waves, detector technology and data analysis are included. Researchers from observatories, laboratories and universities will compare current results and approaches across these fields. This edition is hosted in Argentina, home to the Pierre Auger Observatory.

Conny Aerts explains how stellar oscillations measured by space telescopes reveal otherwise inaccessible interiors. Asteroseismology probes physical conditions and chemical composition, allowing more precise estimates of stellar sizes, masses and ages. The lecture connects these measurements to rapidly rotating stars that may end in supernovae and produce gravitational waves. It also examines how stellar seismology supports reconstruction of the Milky Way’s history and the characterisation of exoplanets.

Øyvind Grøn discusses gravitational waves, their detection by LIGO and what these measurements reveal about distant cosmic events. Conversation in Norwegian.