Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

The Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology conducts basic research in the fields of biochemistry, genetics & evolutionary biology.

The researchers develop and build scientific instruments for investigating these bodies in cooperation with engineers who are highly qualified and experienced specialists. The instruments are mainly used in outer space, which is made possible through the institute’s collaboration in numerous missions of international space agencies such as ESA and NASA. The data analysis and interpretation is complemented by theoretical models and simulations. The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research succeeded the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy in 2004 by a simple name change. The institute was founded in 1957 in Katlenburg-Lindau. Recently, the institute's location was moved to Göttingen. The institute's new home can be found close to the Northern Campus of the University of Göttingen.