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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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Next Astro colloquia
Jul 14
16:30		The Interstellar Visitors
Colin Snodgrass (University of Edinburgh)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Jul 16
11:15		The EWOCS view of the massive stellar zoo Westerlund 1
Cormac Larkin (ARI/ESO)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Jul 17
11:00		TBD
Tom Evans-Soma (Uni Newcastle)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Recent ZAH publications
7/2026
Yu, Si-Yue; Faisst, Andreas L. et al. (u.a. Toni, Greta)
COSMOS-Web: Galaxy Size and Surface Brightness Evolution at Rest Frame 1.22 μm Since z = 3
ApJ 1005, L13(2026)

7/2026
Rantala, Antti; Naab, Thorsten et al. (u.a. Lahén, Natalia)
FROST-CLUSTERS ─ III. Metallicity-dependent intermediate-mass black hole formation by runaway collisions in dense star clusters
MNRAS 549, ag986(2026)

7/2026
Abac, A. G.; Abouelfettouh, I. et al. (u.a. Rinaldi, S.; Mapelli, M.)
Constraints on Gravitational Waves from the 2024 Vela Pulsar Glitch
ApJ 1005, 12(2026)


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