Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Heidelberg-based Max Planck Society research institute focused on stellar, planetary, and galactic astronomy. MPIA contributed filter-wheel hardware to jwst’s MIRI instrument and is a partner on the nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope coronagraph.
Recent UFO/UAP-vault-relevant work
- 2026: Led the jwst direct-imaging study of Jupiter analogue epsilon-indi-ab reporting anomalously low NH₃ and inferred water-ice-clouds (elisabeth-matthews et al., src-jwst-ice-clouds-exoplanet-2026-04).
- 2026: jwst dawn–dusk atmospheric-asymmetry study of ultra-hot Jupiter wasp-121b (lead cyril-gapp, co-author tom-evans-soma), Nature Astronomy (src-jwst-wasp-121b-dawn-dusk-2026-06).