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Eva Grebel elected Vice President of the German Astronomical Society

Eva K. Grebel (ZAH/ARI) is the new Vice President of the German Astronomical Society (AG). She was appointed at the annual meeting of the AG on September 8, 2026. (2026/08/09)

Cornelis P. Dullemond receives Astrophysical Software Award

This years' Astrophysical Software Award of the German Astronomical Society (AG) goes to Cornelis P. Dullemond (ZAH/ITA) for his radiative transfer software RADMC-3D. (2026/07/10)

Michela Mapelli appointed Chair of the Observation Science Board of the Einstein Telescope Collaboration

Prof. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) has been appointed Chair of the Observation Science Board of one of the projects shaping the future of gravitational-wave astronomy. (2026/06/08)

New Catalog of ripples in spacetime sets records in gravitational astronomy

Heidelberg Astrophysicist Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) helps decode a new Black-Hole enigma in a new catalog of gravitational wave events. (2026/05/26)

Massive black holes from merger events in star clusters

A new study involving Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) and collaborators suggests that the biggest black holes form through violent merging events in densely populated star clusters. (2026/05/08)

Uncovering Hidden Neutron Stars Across the Galaxy

In a new study Zofia Kaczmarek (ZAH/ARI) and colleagues show how the Roman Space Telescope will enable the discovery of quiescent neutron stars. (2026/05/07)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Nov 17
16:30		Cosmology and Supernovae through Cosmic Lenses
Sherry Suyu (MPA/TUM)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Nov 19
11:15		1. Kinematic signatures for fossil AGN outflows in the SDSS MaNGA sample / 2. The impact of multi-phase AGN driven outflows: A galaxy caught between starbust and quenching?
1. Theodor Brosi (ARI), 2. Matthias Kuntz (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Nov 24
16:30		A view of the first galaxies through the intergalactic medium
Laura Keating (University of Edinburgh)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
11/2026
Patel, Nency R.; Jauzac, Mathilde et al. (inc. Schwinn, Johannes)
The BUFFALO survey: the subhalo mass function for Abell 2744 with strong + weak gravitational lensing
MNRAS 553, g1849(2026)

11/2026
Müller-Horn, Johanna; El-Badry, Kareem et al. (inc. Sander, Andreas A. C.)
A Galactic intermediate-mass stripped star with Wolf-Rayet-like wind
A&A 715, A125(2026)

11/2026
Law, Charles J.; Lawrence, Jensen et al. (inc. Semenov, Dmitry)
The ALMA View of the Edge-on Gomez's Hamburger System: A Highly Dynamic, Asymmetric Protoplanetary Disk Reveals the Earliest Phases of Giant Planet Formation
ApJ 1011, 2(2026)


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