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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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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
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		Charge Exchange Illuminates Turbulent Cold–Hot Interfaces
Yizhan Zhang (Fudan University)
ARI Special Colloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14 [room in talk description], Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14 [room in talk description]
Nov 04
14:30		LyC Radiative Transfer
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
Teh, Jia Wei; Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.; Kreckel, Kathryn
TRINITY: A coupled model of winds, radiation, and photoionised gas in molecular clouds: I. Methods and validation
A&A 714, A226(2026)

11/2026
Donnan, Fergus R.; Sandstrom, Karin et al. (u.a. Klessen, Ralf S.)
JWST Observations of Starbursts: The Motion of Dust-PAH Kinematics of M82 and NGC 253 with JWST/MIRI Spectroscopy
AJ 172, 260(2026)

11/2026
Werhahn, Maria; Pfrommer, Christoph et al. (u.a. Girichidis, Philipp)
Revisiting radio synchrotron diagnostics in star-forming galaxies
MNRAS 552, g1871(2026)


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