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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)

Since July 1, 2024, Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganss (ZAH/ARI) is director of ZAH. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Norbert Christlieb, who was director since July 1, 2021 and who is now ZAH deputy director. (2024/07/01)

The Young Academy welcomed ten young scientists as new members, amongst them Dominika Wylezalek (ZAH/ARI). New members have the opportunity to e.g. initiate interdisciplinary research projects and working groups. (2024/06/24)

German Research Foundation and Foundation for Polish Science jointly honour Heidelberg scientist and his colleague Andrzej Udalski from Warsaw. (2024/05/22)

Dec 13 11:00	characterizing clouds and weather in exoplanet atmospheres Paul Mollière (MPIA) : From photons to storms Königstuhl Kolloquium Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Dec 17 16:30	The beating hearts of galaxies: supermassive black hole feedback probed by X-ray spectroscopy Dr Aurora Simionescu (SRON Leiden) Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS)
Dec 19 11:15	Gustav Kirchhoff – Founder of Astrophysics Joachim Wambsganss (ARI) ARI Institute Colloquium ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

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Welcome to the Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University

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

Joachim Wambsganss is new director of ZAH

Dominika Wylezalek admitted to the Young Academy

2024 Copernicus Award for Joachim Wambsganss

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