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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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Next Astro colloquia
Nov 10
16:30		Dusty common envelope interactions and luminous red novae
Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Nov 12
11:15		SDSS-V BHM: Evidence for a link between X-ray weakness and galactic-scale ionised gas outflows in quasars
Delvin Demke (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Nov 17
16:30		Cosmology and Supernovae through Cosmic Lenses
Sherry Suyu (MPA/TUM)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
11/2026
Lora, V.; González-Carbajal, J. I. et al. (inc. Grebel, E. K.; Pasquali, A.)
From Blue to Red Spirals: Slow Galaxy Transformation via Ram-pressure Stripping in TNG50
ApJ 1011, 224(2026)

11/2026
Rocha, Lívia S.; Pires, Nathalia et al. (inc. de Sá, Lucas M.)
The Galactic Black Hole Mass Distribution
ApJS 287, 20(2026)

11/2026
Hauschild-Roier, Gabriel R.; Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa et al. (inc. Gatto, Lara)
The differences in the narrow-line region of nearby QSOs 1 and QSOs 2 - II. Signatures of kinetic feedback
MNRAS 552, g1898(2026)


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