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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)

International Conference on Microlensing in Heidelberg

The international conference "Microlensing 2026" (Febr. 23-27) for the first time takes place in Heidelberg and was primarily organized by ZAH scientists. (2026/02/20)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

Winter Term 25/26 ►►►►

Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
May 12
16:30		Ultraviolet spectroscopy of metal-poor stars: new advances and new opportunities
Ian Roederer (North Carolina State University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
May 15
11:00		GRAVITY+ Fringe Science: from Exoplanets to Quantum Foam
Wolfgang Brandner (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
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),

More colloquia

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

4/2026
Scognamiglio, Diana; Leroy, Gavin et al. (inc. Toni, Greta)
An ultra-high-resolution map of (dark) matter
NatAs 10, 573(2026)

4/2026
Rajkumar, A. R.; Bayo, A. et al. (inc. Hundertmark, M.)
Long-term monitoring of WASP-19 b: Signs of apsidal precession and molecular signatures
A&A 708, A313(2026)


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