Technical University of Munich
3 Universities in Germany offering Astronomy degrees and courses.
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The origins of today's cosmology began with the observation in the early 1500s by Nicolaus Copernicus that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The next step was the discovery in the late 1600s by Isaac Newton that objects in space behaved according to the same laws of physics as objects on Earth..
However, there are promising candidate theories, such as inflationary cosmology and the theory of the cyclic universe, among others
We study and develop these cosmological theories while trying to figure out their relationship with fundamental physics (such as supergravity and string theory)
The MPA is the major German institution dedicated to theoretical and interpretational research in astrophysics and cosmology
The aim of the ERC research group Theoretical Cosmology is to enhance our understanding of the very early universe and its most mysterious aspect, the big bang
The research group was established in 2010 with the support of a Starting Grant from the European Research Council, and is currently funded by the ERC and the Max Planck Society
