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The “Night That Creates Knowledge” or Nacht, die Wissen Schafft is an open-door free event at research institutes across Kaiserslautern on Friday May 9, 2025.

NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy — big, beautiful and blue — and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense 200 000 light-years across and is located approximately 100 million light years away in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe). Its spiral arms are glittered with young stars, visible in their bright blue light. In contrast, the redder central part of the galaxy is dominated by older stars. NGC 2336 was discovered in 1876 by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel, using a 28-centimetre telescope. This Hubble image is so much better than the view Tempel would have had — Hubble’s main mirror is 2.4 metres across, nearly ten times the size of the telescope Tempel used. In 1987, NGC 2336 experienced a Type-Ia supernova, the only observed supernova in the galaxy since its discovery 111 years earlier.

Our Place in Space

Ever wonder why we get seasons? Or where Mars is? Well, that has everything to do with Earth’s place in space.

Parent and kid watch night sky with milky way.

Stargazing for students

From our Dandelions magazine, students learn all about stargazing and different constellations

An up close photo of a brown, orange Spanish Slug making its way over yellow and green moss

Invasion of the summer slugs

So many summer slugs! Surprisingly, slugs have a dark side. Learn more about these slimy garden dwellers, what their purpose is and a few of the types found here in Germany.

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STARS AND STRIPES

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