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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)

Largest turbulence simulation honoured by "HPCwire"

The largest turbulence simulation to date was honoured by the journal "HPCwire" as "Top HPC-Enabled Scientific Achievements". As part of the core team also Ralf Klessen contributed to this success.(2025/11/20)

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 Foundation funds new research group at ZAH

With his new research group, Dr. Ksoll is pursuing the goal of developing evaluation algorithms for the study of star formation on the basis of machine learning. The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding his project with 1.8 million euros. (2025/09/23)

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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Mar 06
11:00		Breaking the telescope size barrier with mosaics
Tom Herbst (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Mar 13
11:00		TBD
Rolf Kuiper (Uni Duisburg)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Mar 13
11:00		Modeling accretion and ejection phenomena in star and planet formation
Rolf Kuiper (Uni Duisburg)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Recent ZAH publications
2/2026
Anitha Shaji, Aashiya; Hallé, Anaëlle et al. (inc. Gasymov, Damir)
A group of merging galaxies falling into Abell 2142
A&A 706, A245(2026)

2/2026
Flammini Dotti, Francesco; Kouwenhoven, Mattheus Bartholomeus Nicolaas et al. (inc. Spurzem, Rainer; Wu, Kai)
Dynamical evolution of massless particles in star clusters with NBODY6++GPU-MASSLESS: II. The long-term evolution of free-floating comets
A&A 706, A219(2026)

2/2026
Núñez-Castiñeyra, A.; González, M. et al. (inc. Brucy, N.)
The interdependence between density PDF, CMF, and IMF and their relation with Mach number in simulations
A&A 706, A178(2026)


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