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A new study by the CARMENES project shows that very low-mass stars are likely to host Earth-like planets. On average, there are about two per star. The results have now been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. (2027/04/28)

Dominika Wylezalek has been appointed as a new Professor at ZAH and Director at ARI, effective March 1, 2025. She will lead the research group “Galaxy Evolution and AGN (GALENA)”. (2025/02/24)

With its sky-scanning phase completed and "retirement” orbit imminent, the ARI team is saddened by the forced break in contact. But there are great data products on the horizon. (2025/01/16)

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. (2025/01/08)

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). (2025/01/07)

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


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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM
Astro & Physics Talks
Next Astro colloquia
Apr 29
16:30
The build-up of galactic nuclei: how do black holes get there?
Nadine Neumayer (MPIA)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
May 02
11:00
TBA
Julia Seidel (ESO)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
May 02
11:00
Neutrino observations uncovering the hadronic content of AGN jets
Alexander Plavin (BHI, Harward)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent ZAH publications
4/2025
Sánchez-Monge, Á.; Brogan, C. L. et al. (inc. Klessen, R. S.)
ALMAGAL: II. The ALMA evolutionary study of high-mass protocluster formation in the Galaxy: ALMA data processing and pipeline
A&A 696, A150(2025)

6/2025
Lewis, Briley L.; Waggoner, Abygail R. et al. (inc. Lefever, R. R.)
Improving undergraduate astronomy students' skills with research literature via accessible summaries: An exploratory case study with Astrobites-based reading assignments
PRPER 21, a0124(2025)

6/2025
Rauer, Heike; Aerts, Conny et al. (inc. Quirrenbach, Andreas; Ludwig, Hans-Guenter; Hekker, Saskia)
The PLATO mission
ExA 59, 26(2025)