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The Ernst Patzer Foundation annually awards prizes for the best peer-reviewed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Elisa Schösser (ZAH/ARI) is one of the three prize winners. (2025/10/31)

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)

Astronomers created the most detailed colour map of the Sculptor Galaxy - a technical and scientific triumph also featuring Heidelberg expertise. (2025/07/14)

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)


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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM
Astro & Physics Talks
Guest scientists at ZAH
Next Astro colloquia
Nov 07
11:00
TBA
Myriam Benisty (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Nov 07
11:00
TBA
Gai? Zasowski (U. of Utah)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Nov 07
11:00
Galactic Archeology, Near and (Sort of) Far
Gaił Zasowski (U. of Utah)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent ZAH publications
10/2025
Krugly, Yurij; Golubov, Oleksiy et al. (inc. Lipatova, Veronika)
Contact binary asteroid (153201) 2000 WO107: Rotation, shape model, and density
A&A 702, A170(2025)

10/2025
Henneco, J.; Schneider, F. R. N.; Laplace, E.
Contact tracing of binary stars: Pathways to stellar mergers (Corrigendum)
A&A 702, C4(2025)

10/2025
Villa-Durango, Mónica A.; Barrera-Ballesteros, Jorge et al. (inc. Kreckel, Kathryn)
SDSS-V Local Volume Mapper (LVM): revealing the structure of the Rosette Nebula
MNRAS 543, 1196(2025)