What does the universe consist of and why does that matter? 2/2

In "In conversation" we hear once again from the astroparticle physicist Prof Michael Klasen. In the first part he already gave us an overview of his field of research and explained, among other things, with which methods science tries to prove that there is "dark matter". Today the question is what new findings in astroparticle physics could mean for mankind. Since Michael Klasen always tries to keep in mind the guiding principles of theory such as beauty, symmetry, and simplicity of theory, which in the end have often led to the goal in the history of science, we also bring in the aspect of music, because Michael is also a musician, violinist in an orchestra in Münster, and last but not least - God, because when it comes to the question of what was before the big bang, or how it came about, some people feel religious or spiritual.

Ein Bild aus dem Milleniumsimulation-Projekt von der Distribution von Galaxien Credit: Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik

Prof Michael Klasen Astroteilchenphysiker

Prof Michael Klasen teaches at the University of Münster in the field of theoretical astroparticle physics. At the turn of the year he was a guest at UNSW in Sydney for 4 months to participate in a one-week conference with colleagues from all over the world, to give a few guest lectures and to discuss the latest state of research, which also led to a future joint project.

Here is the first part of our conversation