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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)

ALMA reveals the fine structure of star birth beyond the Milky Way

Heidelberg astronomers help uncover how dense stellar building blocks form in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (2026/04/26)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

Winter Term 26/27 ►►►►

Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Oct 15
11:15		A graveyard of disrupted globular clusters in the Milky Way’s stellar halo
Sarah Kane (Cambridge University)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Oct 16
11:00		TBA
TBA (TBA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 20
16:30		Again! - but faster, better, and with more physics: ML-accelerated inference of galaxy properties in deep and wide surveys of the universe
Joel Leja (Penn State University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
10/2026
Padave, Mansi; Sandstrom, Karin M. et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.)
JWST Whirlpool Galaxy Treasury: Mid-infrared Emission in M51 and Its Relation to Gas Column and Star Formation
ApJ 1009, 175(2026)

10/2026
Meiners, S. C.; Weiskopf, K. M.; Rometsch, T.; Dullemond, C. P.
Formation of multiple dust rings and gaps in protoplanetary discs by a single migrating planet: A parameter study in locally isothermal discs
A&A 714, A94(2026)

10/2026
Longmore, Steven N.; Bally, John et al. (inc. Liang, Fu-Heng; Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.; Girichidis, Philipp; Chevance, Mélanie)
ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) - I. Overview
MNRAS 552, ag377(2026)


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