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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)

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)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Apr 21
16:30		 Stellar populations as fossil record of galaxy evolution across half of the cosmic history
Anna Gallazzi (INAF/Osservatorio di Arcetri)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Apr 22
14:00		TBD
Rainer Weinberger (AIP)
ARI Special Colloquium
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Mönchhofstraße 12-14 [room in talk description], ARI library lounge
Apr 23
11:15		Black hole seeds formation in dense stellar clusters through stellar collisions
Marcelo Cortes Vergara (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

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Recent ZAH publications
3/2026
Girichidis, Philipp; Rea, Erika et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.)
Shaping the diffuse X-ray sky: Structure, Variability and Visibility
OJAp 9, 59505(2026)

4/2026
Sabbi, E.; Meena, B. et al. (inc. Pasquali, A.; Klessen, R. S.; Grebel, E. K.; Facchini, P.)
Galaxy Ultraviolet Legacy Project: Survey Description and First Insights into NGC 4449 Recent History of Star Formation
ApJ 1000, 241(2026)

4/2026
Liang, Fu-Heng; Bureau, Martin et al.
WISDOM Project ─ XXVII. Giant molecular clouds of the lenticular galaxy NGC 1387: similarities with spiral galaxy clouds
MNRAS 547, ag221(2026)


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