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A new study by the CARMENES project shows that very low-mass stars are likely to host Earth-like planets. On average, there are about two per star. The results have now been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. (2027/04/28)

Heidelberg researchers have run the largest simulation of the formation and evolution of massive galaxy clusters. Now the simulation data have been published in full, so that others can also use it for their research. (2025/03/05)

Dominika Wylezalek has been appointed as a new Professor at ZAH and Director at ARI, effective March 1, 2025. She will lead the research group “Galaxy Evolution and AGN (GALENA)”. (2025/02/24)

With its sky-scanning phase completed and "retirement” orbit imminent, the ARI team is saddened by the forced break in contact. But there are great data products on the horizon. (2025/01/16)

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. (2025/01/08)

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). (2025/01/07)

May 20 16:30	Galaxy formation at cosmic dawn Romain Teyssier Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
May 22 11:15	Simulating galaxies from dwarfs to clusters -- the diverse and far-reaching effects of super massive black holes Annalisa Pillepich (MPIA) ARI Institute Colloquium ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
May 23 11:00	A tale of Herbig disk masses Lucas Stapper (MPIA) Königstuhl Kolloquium Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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