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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)

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)

Jan 09 11:15	The relation between cold molecular and hot ionized gas in the Seyfert galaxies Bruno Dall'Agnol de Oliveira (ARI) ARI Institute Colloquium ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Jan 14 16:30	The Universe in multi-color: Astronomy at the dawn of intensity mapping and AI Dr Caroline Heneka (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg) Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS)
Jan 16 11:15	A Bi-stability Jump for Wolf-Rayet stars? Roel Lefever (ARI) ARI Institute Colloquium ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG

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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

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

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