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Cornelis P. Dullemond receives Astrophysical Software Award

This years' Astrophysical Software Award of the German Astronomical Society (AG) goes to Cornelis P. Dullemond (ZAH/ITA) for his radiative transfer software RADMC-3D. (2026/07/10)

Michela Mapelli appointed Chair of the Observation Science Board of the Einstein Telescope Collaboration

Prof. Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) has been appointed Chair of the Observation Science Board of one of the projects shaping the future of gravitational-wave astronomy. (2026/06/08)

New Catalog of ripples in spacetime sets records in gravitational astronomy

Heidelberg Astrophysicist Michela Mapelli (ZAH/ITA) helps decode a new Black-Hole enigma in a new catalog of gravitational wave events. (2026/05/26)

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)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Next Astro colloquia
Oct 02
11:00		TBD
Duncan Christie (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 16
11:00		TBA
TBA (TBA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Oct 20
16:30		Again! - but faster, better, and with more physics: ML-accelerated inference of galaxy properties in deep and wide surveys of the universe
Joel Leja (Penn State University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
9/2026
Pathak, Debosmita; Sandstrom, Karin M. et al. (inc. Klessen, Ralf S.; Glover, Simon C. O.; Egorov, Oleg V.)
Mid-infrared Colors Vary with Galactic Environment: Contrasting Star-forming Disks, Young Centers, and Quiescent Star-formation Deserts
ApJ 1008, 35(2026)

9/2026
Lowe, Benjamin D. C.; Casagrande, Luca et al. (inc. Christlieb, Norbert)
Detailed abundance determination of metal-poor stars with X-Shooter - II. Chemically disentangling the halo, disc, and GSE
MNRAS 551, g1504(2026)

8/2026
Aharonian, F.; Ashkar, H. et al. (inc. Zacharias, M.; Wierzcholska, A.; Wagner, S. J.; Taylor, G. L.; Quirrenbach, A.; Montanari, A.; Jankowsky, F.; Goswami, P.)
Search for Gamma-Ray Spectral Lines from Dark Matter Annihilation with the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey
PhRvL 137, i1002(2026)


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