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Gaia on 3sat: TV-Report with Stefan Jordan

TV broadcaster "3sat" has released an interesting TV-report on the Gaia mission. Stefan Jordan explains some highlight of the first science that has been performed with the Gaia Data Release 2, published on April 25, 2018. (25.2.2019)

Tidal Tails – The Beginning Of The End Of An Open Star Cluster

Heidelberg researchers verify this phenomenon using Gaia data from the Hyades. (15.2.2019)

ALMA provides unprecedented views of the birth of planets

The first survey of protoplanetary disks using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) revealed unknown structures which likely are the sites for planets to be formed. ZAH is one of the leading partners of the campaign. (12.12.2018)

CARMENES detects loss of exoplanet atmosphere

CARMENES detects atmospheric loss of helium from exoplanet WASP-69b in the form of an extended comet-like tail. (6.12.2018)

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Colloquia at ZAH
Mar 21
09:45		 A modern theoretical framework for the cosmic evolution of galactic emission lines
Michaela Hirschmann (U. Vienna, Dark Center)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
MPIA lecture hall,
Mar 22
09:45		 The Milky Way as a dark matter lab
Jorge Penarrubia (ROE)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
MPIA lecture hall,
Mar 22
15:00		 Paola Di Matteo (GEPI/Obs. de Paris)
: Signature Speaker
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

Recent publications
4/2019
Torrey, Paul; Vogelsberger, Mark et al. (inc. Springel, Volker)
The evolution of the mass-metallicity relation and its scatter in IllustrisTNG
MNRAS 484, 5587(2019)

4/2019
Fattahi, Azadeh; Belokurov, Vasily et al. (inc. Grand, Robert J. J.)
The origin of galactic metal-rich stellar halo components with highly eccentric orbits
MNRAS 484, 4471(2019)

4/2019
Zhang, Haowen; Primack, Joel R. et al. (inc. Ceverino, Daniel)
The evolution of galaxy shapes in CANDELS: from prolate to discy
MNRAS 484, 5170(2019)