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Willkommen am Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH)


The Ernst Patzer Foundation annually awards prizes for the best peer-reviewed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Elisa Schösser (ZAH/ARI) is one of the three prize winners. (2025/10/31)

Dr. Natalia Lahén started her new position as Gliese Fellow 2025 at ARI. Her main research interests focus on hydrodynamical simulations of the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters in a galactic ecosystem. (2025/10/01)

Mit seiner neuen Forschungsgruppe verfolgt Dr. Ksoll das Ziel, auf Basis des Maschinellen Lernens Auswertungsalgorithmen für die Erforschung der Sternentstehung zu entwickeln. Die CTS fördert sein Vorhaben mit 1,8 Millionen Euro. (2025/09/23)

The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES), a future instrument for ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), has successfully passed its final design review. LSW is responsible for the design and development of its optical system. (2025/08/08)

Astronomers created the most detailed colour map of the Sculptor Galaxy - a technical and scientific triumph also featuring Heidelberg expertise. (2025/07/14)

Since July 1, Prof. Dr. Ralf Klessen (ZAH/ITA) is managing director of ZAH. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganss. As deputy director the ZAH board elected Prof. Dr. Dominika Wylezalek (ZAH/ARI). (2025/07/01)


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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM
Astro & Physics Talks
Guest scientists at ZAH
Next Astro colloquia
Nov 04
16:30
Weighing the Universe with the Lightest Elements
Max Pettini (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Nov 06
11:15
Just the Tip of the Iceberg - Using Extreme Gravitational-Wave Events to Probe the Astrophysics of Compact Object Mergers
Jakob Stegmann (MPA)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Nov 07
11:00
TBA
Myriam Benisty (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent ZAH publications
10/2025
Lehle, Katrin; Nelson, Dylan et al.
What drives cluster cool-core transformations? A population-level analysis using TNG-Cluster
A&A 702, A25(2025)

10/2025
Sutter, Jessica; Sandstrom, Karin et al. (u.a. Klessen, Ralf S.; Egorov, Oleg)
Characterization of Two Cool Galaxy Outflow Candidates Using Mid-infrared Emission from Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
ApJ 992, L7(2025)

10/2025
Calzetti, Daniela; Kennicutt, Robert C. et al. (u.a. Klessen, Ralf S.)
Quantification of the Age Dependence of Mid-infrared Star Formation Rate Indicators
ApJ 991, 198(2025)