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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)

ALMA reveals the fine structure of star birth beyond the Milky Way

Heidelberg astronomers help uncover how dense stellar building blocks form in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (2026/04/26)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

Winter Term 26/27 ►►►►

Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Oct 29
11:15		Operational Status of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey and ARI in-kind contribution
Markus Hundertmark (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Nov 03
16:30		Decoding Galaxies & Star Formation Feedback with 100,000 Star Clusters: PHANGS-HST & JWST today, the future with HWO
Janice Lee (StSci)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Nov 04
14:00		TBD
Seok-Jun Chang (MPA)
ARI Special Colloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14 [room in talk description], Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14 [room in talk description]

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Recent ZAH publications
10/2026
Pozo Nuñez, F.; Bañados, E. et al. (inc. Heidt, J.)
Accretion-disk sizes in two quasars with interferometrically resolved broad-line regions at z=2.3 and z=4.0
A&A 714, A229(2026)

10/2026
Willcox, R.; Schneider, F. R. N. et al. (inc. Laplace, E.)
Good things always come in 3s: Trimodality in the binary black-hole chirp-mass distribution supports bimodal black-hole formation
A&A 714, A314(2026)

10/2026
Bertemes, C.; Wylezalek, D. et al. (inc. Gatto, L.; Rupke, D. S. N.)
A cosmic collision in the making: JWST/NIRISS reveals a merging and maturing protocluster core at z ~ 3 around a red quasar
A&A 714, A239(2026)


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