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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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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
Donnan, Fergus R.; Sandstrom, Karin et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.)
JWST Observations of Starbursts: The Motion of Dust-PAH Kinematics of M82 and NGC 253 with JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy
AJ 172, 260(2026)

11/2026
Fogantini, F. A.; Zeidler, P. et al. (inc. Sander, A. A. C.)
JWST Reveals a Highly Ionized Nebula Powered by an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source with a Massive Black Hole in the Metal-poor Galaxy Holmberg II
ApJ 1011, L44(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)


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