Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg


Welcome to the Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University

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)

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)

Status as University of Excellence defended

Heidelberg University has defended its status as a University of Excellence and will receive funding for another seven years to continue strengthening its scientific and scholarly performance. (2026/03/11)

ZAH mourns Joachim Krautter

Prof. Joachim Krautter passed away on February 4th, 2026, in Neckargemünd. Throughout his professional career he was associated with LSW and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Heidelberg University. (2026/03/11)

DFG funds Research Project in Galactic Archaeology

To reconstruct the formation history and “growth” of the Milky Way using novel methods in computational astrophysics, Dr Tobias Buck and Dr William Oliver are receiving funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). (2026/03/03)

Festive Colloquium in Honor of Joachim Wambsganß

The retirement of Prof. Joachim Wambsganss, long-serving director of ARI, was celebrated in the historic Alte Aula of Heidelberg University with a memorable Festkolloquium entitled “Gravitational Lensing”. (2026/02/28)

More news and research highlights ►­►­►­►­

zum Seitenanfang/up

ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

Winter Term 25/26 ►►►►

Astro & Physics talks

HePhySTO – HEidelberg PHYsics Seminar Talks Organizer ►►►►



Next Astro colloquia
May 19
16:30		Early Galactic Disks and Their Connections to Present-Day Galaxies
Oscar Agertz (Lund University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
May 20
14:00		Mixing Layers: Resolution Requirements and the Origin of Fast-Cooling Behaviour
Lachlan Lancaster (CCA)
ARI Special Colloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14 [room in talk description], ARI library lounge
May 21
11:15		The effect of cosmological environment on galaxy stellar populations up to z=1
Laura Scholz Diaz (INAF-Arcetri/ESO)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

More colloquia

Recent ZAH publications
5/2026
Hidalgo-Pineda, Fernando; Gronke, Max et al.
The launching of galactic winds from a multiphase ISM
MNRAS 548, ag539(2026)

4/2026
Traficante, Alessio; Jiménez-Donaire, María J. et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.)
The fragmentation properties of massive star-forming regions in 30Dor-10 at 2000 au resolution
NatCo 17, 3567(2026)

5/2026
Sestito, Federico; Fernández-Alvar, Emma et al. (inc. Buck, Tobias)
An ancient system hidden in the Galactic plane?
MNRAS 548, ag563(2026)


More publications