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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

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Next Astro colloquia
Jul 14
16:30		The Interstellar Visitors
Colin Snodgrass (University of Edinburgh)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Jul 16
11:15		The EWOCS view of the massive stellar zoo Westerlund 1
Cormac Larkin (ARI/ESO)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Jul 17
11:00		TBD
Tom Evans-Soma (Uni Newcastle)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Recent ZAH publications
8/2026
de Avellar, Marcio G. B.; Horvath, Jorge E. et al. (inc. de Sá, Lucas M.)
The mass of the neutron star in 4U 1820-30 revisited
JHEAp 54, 00651(2026)

7/2026
Dransfield, Georgina; Petit, Antoine C. et al. (inc. Trifonov, Trifon)
ASTEP confirmation of a pair of long-period Jupiter-sized planets with extremely low densities transiting TOI-791
MNRAS 549, ag864(2026)

7/2026
Appel, Sabrina M.; Burkhart, Blakesley et al. (inc. Polak, Brooke)
Protostellar Jets in Star Cluster Formation and Evolution. I. Implementation and Initial Results
AJ 172, 12(2026)


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