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Prof. Dr. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) has been appointed to the "Henriette Herz Scouting Program". She now has the opportunity to recommend scientific talents from abroad for a Humboldt Research Fellowship in Heidelberg. (2024/01/08)

To investigate the formation of dormant black holes which are part of a binary star system with a companion star, Prof. Dr. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) receives a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). (25/01/07)

Eva Grebel (ZAH) received the teaching award from the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Heidelberg University. (2024/12/06)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation is awarding the best refereed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Brooke Polak (ITA) and Jose Eduardo Mendez-Delgado (ARI) are among the awardees. (2024/11/30)

Dr. Dominika Wylezalek, Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Leader at ZAH/ARI, received the Hengstberger Award 2024. The award will support Dr. Wylezalek in organising a scientific symposium at the IWH in 2025. (2024/10/19)

The Landessternwarte Königstuhl (LSW) mourns the loss of Dr. Gerhard Klare, who died on July 24, 2024 at the age of 92. (2024/07/25)

Jan 23 11:15	Relatively young thick discs in low-mass star-forming spiral galaxies Natascha Sattler (ARI) ARI Institute Colloquium ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Jan 24 11:00	Extracting the physics of galaxies (and galaxy clusters) with cosmological simulations and machine learning Annalisa Pillepich (MPIA) Königstuhl Kolloquium Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Jan 28 16:30	Planet Migration in Dusty Protoplanetary Disks Professor Martin Pessah (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen) Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS)

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Welcome to the Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University

Michela Mapelli appointed Humboldt Scouting Sponsor

DoBlack: Unraveling the zoo of dormant black holes

Teaching award for Eva Grebel

Patzer Award for Brooke Polak (ITA) and Jose Eduardo Mendez-Delgado (ARI)

Hengstberger Award for Dr. Dominika Wylezalek

The Landessternwarte mourns the loss of Dr. Gerhard Klare

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