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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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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Nov 17
16:30		Cosmology and Supernovae through Cosmic Lenses
Sherry Suyu (MPA/TUM)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Nov 19
11:15		1. Kinematic signatures for fossil AGN outflows in the SDSS MaNGA sample / 2. The impact of multi-phase AGN driven outflows: A galaxy caught between starbust and quenching?
1. Theodor Brosi (ARI), 2. Matthias Kuntz (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Nov 24
16:30		A view of the first galaxies through the intergalactic medium
Laura Keating (University of Edinburgh)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
11/2026
Gonglewski, Katherine L.; Secunda, Amy et al. (inc. Schneider, Fabian R. N.)
Orbital Migration of Interacting Stellar Mass Black Holes in Disks around Supermassive Black Holes. III. Mass Distribution of Hierarchical Mergers
ApJ 1011, 107(2026)

11/2026
Taniguchi, Kotomi; Saito, Masao et al. (inc. Gorai, Prasanta)
A Cyanopolyyne-rich but Complex-organic-molecule-poor Massive Protostar: The First Hot Carbon-chain Chemistry Source G28.28-0.36
ApJ 1011, 163(2026)

11/2026
Hauschild-Roier, Gabriel R.; Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa et al. (inc. Gatto, Lara)
The differences in the narrow-line region of nearby QSOs 1 and QSOs 2 - II. Signatures of kinetic feedback
MNRAS 552, g1898(2026)


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