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Fundamental Forces & Cosmic Evolution

Image: Southern Ring Nebula by Webb Telescope / Public Domain

In our core research area “Fundamental Forces & Cosmic Evolution” at NAT, we focus on unravelling the fundamental principles that govern the building blocks of matter and the dynamics of the universe. We investigate the properties and interactions of elementary particles in order to understand their role in cosmic evolution from the Big Bang to the present. We explore the formation of the universe, from the birth of particles and nuclei in the early moments of the cosmos to the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. Additionally, we investigate fundamental questions in physics, focusing in particular on neutrinos and the elusive nature of dark matter. Together, this research area provides critical insights into the structure and evolution of the Universe, bridging the smallest scales of particle interactions to the grand scales of cosmic phenomena.

  • Condensed Matter

  • Biophysics
  • Systems Chemistry

News - Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution

ORIGINS, Research, Bioscience, Physics, Award | 10.06.2025

TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professorships Awards 2025

Honorees: Prof. Susanne Mertens, Prof. Frank Eisenhauer, and Prof. Reinhard Fässler [read more]

NUCLEATE, BioSysteM, ORIGINS, MCQST, e-conversion, Bioscience, Chemistry, Physics | 26.05.2025

Clusters of Excellence with Participation of the TUM School of Natural Sciences

NAT is involved in five Clusters of Excellence funded by the German Research Foundation. [read more]

NUCLEATE, BioSysteM, ORIGINS, MCQST, e-conversion, Bioscience, Chemistry, Physics, Award | 22.05.2025

TUM to receive funding for seven Clusters of Excellence

Natural sciences, medicine, and social sciences are at the forefront [read more]

Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, Research, Physics | 15.05.2025

New findings on the scattering of black holes provide an important basis for understanding gravitational waves

International team calculates observable quantities such as scattering angle and emitted energy with unrivalled precision [read more]

Color photo of a large experimental device in silver and blue
Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, ORIGINS, Research, Physics | 13.05.2025

New island of asymmetric fission discovered on nuclide chart

An international team, including ORIGINS researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has discovered a new island of asymmetric nuclear… [read more]

Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, Physics | 24.04.2025

Astrophysics and art cooperate on dark matter and neutrinos

TUM and Akademie der Bildenden Künste launch a joint project with Haus der Kunst [read more]

Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, ORIGINS, Physics, Award | 23.04.2025

Professors Laura Fabbietti and Lukas Heinrich share 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

NAT School’s collaborative research at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider recognized for championing science globally for the benefit of all [read more]

Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, ORIGINS, Research, Physics | 11.04.2025

Astroparticle physics: Neutrinos weigh less than 0.45 electronvolts/c2

Precision balance KATRIN at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology surpasses itself and sets a new upper limit for the mass of neutrinos [read more]

FRM II, Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, Accelerated Scientific Discovery, Research, Physics | 08.04.2025

Photo sensor from smartphones helps with antimatter research at CERN

TUM team enables measurements with unprecedented resolution in real time [read more]

Fundamental Forces and Cosmic Evolution, Research, Physics | 13.02.2025

JUNO: The next generation neutrino observatory starts measurements

JUNO, the world's largest detector for physics with low-energy neutrinos, has been completed after a construction period of almost ten years. Data… [read more]

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TUM School of Natural Sciences

Technische Universität
München

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85748 Garching

Cluster of Excellence: Origins

Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics (SFB 1258)

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