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Dr. Natalia Lahén started her new position as Gliese Fellow 2025 at ARI. Her main research interests focus on hydrodynamical simulations of the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters in a galactic ecosystem. (2025/10/01)

With his new research group, Dr. Ksoll is pursuing the goal of developing evaluation algorithms for the study of star formation on the basis of machine learning. The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding his project with 1.8 million euros. (2025/09/23)

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).

Oct 21 16:30	Gobblin' mode: how to form stars, planets and black holes quickly Daniel Price (Monash University) Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Oct 23 11:15	Predicting the evolution, fate and nucleosynthesis of massive stars in 1 and 3D Raphael Hirschi (Keele University) ARI Institute Colloquium ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Oct 24 11:00	TBD Molly Wells (MPIA) Königstuhl Kolloquium Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Welcome to the Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University

New Gliese Fellow 2025: Dr. Natalia Lahén

Carl Zeiss Foundation funds new research group at ZAH

LSWs optical systems design for CUBES passed final review

New ZAH Director: Ralf Klessen

New ERC Research Group Leader at ZAH: Max Grönke

Rubin First Look Watch Party in Heidelberg

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