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Michela Mapelli appointed Humboldt Scouting Sponsor

Prof. Dr. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) has been appointed to the "Henriette Herz Scouting Program". She now has the opportunity to recommend scientific talents from abroad for a Humboldt Research Fellowship in Heidelberg. (2024/01/08)

DoBlack: Unraveling the zoo of dormant black holes

To investigate the formation of dormant black holes which are part of a binary star system with a companion star, Prof. Dr. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) receives a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). (25/01/07)

Teaching award for Eva Grebel

Eva Grebel (ZAH) received the teaching award from the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Heidelberg University. (2024/12/06)

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Patzer Award for Brooke Polak (ITA) and Jose Eduardo Mendez-Delgado (ARI)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation is awarding the best refereed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Brooke Polak (ITA) and Jose Eduardo Mendez-Delgado (ARI) are among the awardees. (2024/11/30)

Hengstberger Award for Dr. Dominika Wylezalek

Dr. Dominika Wylezalek, Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at ZAH/ARI, received the Hengstberger Award 2024. The award will support Dr. Wylezalek in organising a scientific symposium at the IWH in 2025. (2024/10/19)

Die Landessternwarte trauert um Dr. Gerhard Klare

Die Landessternwarte Königstuhl (LSW) trauert um Dr. Gerhard Klare, der am 24.07.2024 im Alter von 92 Jahren verstorben ist. (2024/07/25)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

Winter Term 24/25 ►

Astro & Physics Talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Feb 21
11:00		Young massive stars and their effect on planet formation
Macla Ramirez-Tannus: eXtreme UV Environments
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Feb 28
11:00		TBD
Mark McCaughrean (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Feb 28
11:00		After ELT: Ground-Based Telescopes and Instruments for 2050 and Beyond
Tom Herbst (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
MPIA lecture hall,

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Recent ZAH publications
2/2025
Howil, K.; Wyrzykowski, Ł. et al. (u.a. Kaczmarek, Z.)
Uncovering the invisible: A study of Gaia18ajz, a candidate black hole revealed by microlensing
A&A 694, A94(2025)

2/2025
Liempi, M.; Schleicher, D. R. G. et al. (u.a. Vergara, M. C.)
The supermassive black hole population from seeding via collisions in nuclear star clusters
A&A 694, A42(2025)

3/2025
Priestley, F. D.; Clark, P. C. et al. (u.a. Klessen, R. S.; Glover, S. C. O.)
NEATH IV: an early onset of complex organic chemistry in molecular clouds
MNRAS 537, 2453(2025)

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