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Dylan Nelson among “Highly Cited Researchers" 2025

16 researchers from Heidelberg University feature on the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” 2025. Dylan Nelson (ZAH/ITA) is one of the five natural scientists among the Heidelberg researchers and his third HCR nomination. (2025/11/12)

Patzer Award for Elisa Schösser (ZAH/ARI)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation annually awards prizes for the best peer-reviewed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Elisa Schösser (ZAH/ARI) is one of the three prize winners. (2025/10/31)

New Gliese Fellow 2025: Dr. Natalia Lahén

Dr. Natalia Lahén started her new position as Gliese Fellow 2025 at ARI. Her main research interests focus on hydrodynamical simulations of the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters in a galactic ecosystem. (2025/10/01)

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung fördert neue Forschungsgruppe am ZAH

Mit seiner neuen Forschungsgruppe verfolgt Dr. Ksoll das Ziel, auf Basis des Maschinellen Lernens Auswertungsalgorithmen für die Erforschung der Sternentstehung zu entwickeln. Die CTS fördert sein Vorhaben mit 1,8 Millionen Euro. (2025/09/23)

LSWs optical systems design for CUBES passed final review

The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES), a future instrument for ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), has successfully passed its final design review. LSW is responsible for the design and development of its optical system. (2025/08/08)

The Thousand Colour Map of Sculptor

Astronomers created the most detailed colour map of the Sculptor Galaxy - a technical and scientific triumph also featuring Heidelberg expertise. (2025/07/14)

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Next Astro colloquia
Feb 13
11:00		Deep Mantle–Atmosphere Coupling and Carbonaceous Bombardment: Options for Biomolecule Formation on an Oxidized Early Earth
Klaus Paschek (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Feb 20
11:00		TBA
Jasleen Matharu (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Feb 27
11:00		How Gaia is revolutionising our understanding of the Milky Way
Michael Perryman (Dublin)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Recent ZAH publications
1/2026
Acharyya, A.; Aharonian, F. et al. (u.a. Zacharias, M.; Wierzcholska, A.; Wagner, S. J.; Taylor, G. L.; Quirrenbach, A.; Montanari, A.; Jankowsky, F.; Goswami, P.)
Constraining the nature of the most extreme Galactic particle accelerator: H.E.S.S. observations of the microquasar V4641 Sgr
A&A 706, A8(2026)

1/2026
Muley, Dhruv; Hühn, León-Alexander et al.
Spiral excitation in protoplanetary disks through gap-edge illumination: Distinctive kinematic signatures in CO isotopologues
A&A 705, A239(2026)

1/2026
Peláez-Torres, A.; Sánchez-López, A. et al. (u.a. Trifonov, T.; Quirrenbach, A.)
Tighter constraints on the atmosphere of GJ 436 b from combined high-resolution CARMENES and CRIRES+ observations
A&A 705, A256(2026)


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