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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)

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)

Status as University of Excellence defended

Heidelberg University has defended its status as a University of Excellence and will receive funding for another seven years to continue strengthening its scientific and scholarly performance. (2026/03/11)

ZAH mourns Joachim Krautter

Prof. Joachim Krautter passed away on February 4th, 2026, in Neckargemünd. Throughout his professional career he was associated with LSW and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Heidelberg University. (2026/03/11)

DFG funds Research Project in Galactic Archaeology

To reconstruct the formation history and “growth” of the Milky Way using novel methods in computational astrophysics, Dr Tobias Buck and Dr William Oliver are receiving funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). (2026/03/03)

Festive Colloquium in Honor of Joachim Wambsganß

The retirement of Prof. Joachim Wambsganss, long-serving director of ARI, was celebrated in the historic Alte Aula of Heidelberg University with a memorable Festkolloquium entitled “Gravitational Lensing”. (2026/02/28)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
May 21
11:15		The effect of cosmological environment on galaxy stellar populations up to z=1
Laura Scholz Diaz (INAF-Arcetri/ESO)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
May 22
11:00		ORCHIDS: The Origin of [C ii] Halos in Distant Systems
Manuel Aravena (UDP)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
May 26
16:30		Stellar evolution & black hole coagulation in AGNs: an analogue of planet formation
Douglas Lin (UC Santa Cruz)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
5/2026
Cronin, Serena A.; Bolatto, Alberto D. et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.)
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Dust Processing in the M82 Superwind
ApJ 1002, 217(2026)

6/2026
Rankine, Amy L.; Homan, David et al. (inc. Wylezalek, Dominika)
C IV wind properties of the SDSS-V X-ray selected quasars: strong optical-to-UV emission is key regardless of X-ray strength
MNRAS 548, ag734(2026)

5/2026
H. E. S. S. Collaboration; Acharyya, A. et al. (inc. Zacharias, M.; Wierzcholska, A.; Wagner, S. J.; Taylor, G. L.; Quirrenbach, A.; Montanari, A.; Jankowsky, F.; Goswami, P.)
Search for long-term variability of HESS J1745-290
A&A 709, A96(2026)


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