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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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Next Astro colloquia
Jul 24
11:00		TBA
David Hogg (NYU)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Jul 31
11:00		TBA
Ji Wang (OSU)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Aug 21
11:00		Bridging the Divide: Studying the Resolved and Integrated Light of Nearby Galaxies in High Resolution
Ben Gibson (STScI)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
MPIA lecture hall,

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Recent ZAH publications
7/2026
Fu, Hao; Shankar, Francesco et al. (inc. Boco, Lumen)
How galaxies acquire their stellar mass at high redshift: High star formation efficiencies and the relative roles of dust and initial mass function
A&A 711, A44(2026)

7/2026
Yan, Hong-Liang; Qin, Jinxiao et al. (inc. Matsuno, Tadafumi)
A Systematic NLTE Study of Very Metal-poor Stars with Metallicity Down to −4.3 dex. II. Lithium Abundance and New Insight of the Lithium Plateau
ApJ 1005, 89(2026)

7/2026
Tsai, Sung-Han; Chen, Ke-Jung et al. (inc. Röpke, Friedrich K.)
Interacting Binary Stars as Progenitors for Interacting Supernovae
ApJ 1005, L36(2026)


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