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Massive black holes from merger events in star clusters

A new study involving Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) and collaborators suggests that the biggest black holes form through violent merging events in densely populated star clusters. (2026/05/08)

Uncovering Hidden Neutron Stars Across the Galaxy

In a new study Zofia Kaczmarek (ZAH/ARI) and colleagues show how the Roman Space Telescope will enable the discovery of quiescent neutron stars. (2026/05/07)

ALMA reveals the fine structure of star birth beyond the Milky Way

Heidelberg astronomers help uncover how dense stellar building blocks form in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (2026/04/26)

Status as 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)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Astro & Physics talks

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Next Astro colloquia
Jun 10
14:00		Evolution of Globular Cluster Systems from High Redshift to the Present
Oleg Gnedin (University of Michigan)
ARI Special Colloquium
ARI, Library lounge
Jun 11
11:15		Investigating Galaxy-Merger Rates in Euclid Q1 with Semi-Supervised Machine Learning
Laslo Ruhberg (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Jun 12
11:00		Cosmic Cascades and Beyond: The behaviour and appearance of water in protoplanetary disks
Sebastiaan Krijt (University of Exeter)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

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Recent ZAH publications
5/2026
Gagnier, Damien; Leidi, Giovanni; Vetter, Marco; Andrassy, Robert; Röpke, Friedrich K.
Local simulations of common-envelope dynamical inspiral: Impact of rotation, accretion, and stratification (Corrigendum)
A&A 709, C1(2026)

5/2026
Hatamnia, Hossein; Mobasher, Bahram et al. (inc. Toni, Greta; Maturi, Matteo)
Large-scale Structure in COSMOS-Web: Tracing Galaxy Evolution in the Cosmic Web up to z ∼ 7 with the Largest JWST Survey
ApJ 1002, 192(2026)

5/2026
Longa-Peña, P.; Tregloan-Reed, J. et al. (inc. Hundertmark, M.)
Brightness evolution of LEO Starlink mega-constellation satellites from 2021 to 2023: a multiyear ground-based photometric study
MNRAS 548, ag552(2026)


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