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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)

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)

Since July 1, 2025, Dr. Max Grönke started as Research Group Leader at ZAH. With his ERC on "Resolving the Multiscale, Multiphase Universe” he plans to connect small-scale plasma physics with the large-scale galaxy ecosystems. (2025/07/01)

First breathtaking images from the Rubin Observatory were presented to the public at the House of Astronomy as part of a worldwide First Look Watch Party initative. ZAH/ARI and MPIA are participating in the project (2025/06/23).

The European Research Council (ERC) awarded Prof. Dr. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) an Advanced Grant of €2.5 million to study the formation of intermediate-mass black holes with 100 to 10.000 times the mass of our Sun. (2025/06/17)

Interview with Prof. Dr. Dominika Wylezalek (ZAH/ARI) on how a large-scale industrial project is threatening scientific research with telescopes operated by the European Southern Observatory. (2025/05/27)


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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM
Astro & Physics Talks
Next Astro colloquia
Sep 19
11:00
TBA
Laura Kreidberg (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Sep 26
11:00
TBD
Heidi Korhonen (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 10
11:00
TBD
Andrew Winter (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent ZAH publications
8/2025
Beattie, James R.; Federrath, Christoph et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.)
The spectrum of magnetized turbulence in the interstellar medium
NatAs 9, 1195(2025)

8/2025
Geraldía-González, S.; Orell-Miquel, J. et al. (inc. Trifonov, T.)
Discovery of a transiting hot water-world candidate orbiting Ross 176 with TESS and CARMENES
A&A 700, A216(2025)

9/2025
Veilleux, Sylvain; Shockley, Steven D. et al. (inc. Rupke, David S. N.)
JWST Discovery of Warm Dust in the Circumgalactic Medium of the Makani Galaxy
ApJ 990, 57(2025)