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Status as a 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
Mar 20
11:00		Towards chemical characterision of close companions in the mid-IR: detector-based high contrast imaging with JWST-MIRI/MRS
Danny Gasman (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Apr 10
11:00		TBA
Matteo Brogi (Turin)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Apr 10
11:00		TBA
Matteo Brogi (Turin)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Recent ZAH publications
2/2026
Wang, Chen; Lau, Mike Y. M. et al.
Thermal-timescale accretion does not always yield critical rotation in mass gainers
A&A 707, A14(2026)

3/2026
Lopez, Sebastian; Ring, Colton et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.)
JWST Observations of Starbursts: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Closely Trace the Cool Phase of M82's Galactic Wind
ApJ 999, L7(2026)

3/2026
Braspenning, Joey; Schaye, Joop et al. (inc. Nelson, Dylan)
The origin of scatter in the X-ray luminosity─halo mass relation of galaxy clusters
MNRAS 546, ag181(2026)


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