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Eva Grebel elected Vice President of the German Astronomical Society

Eva K. Grebel (ZAH/ARI) is the new Vice President of the German Astronomical Society (AG). She was appointed at the annual meeting of the AG on September 8, 2026. (2026/08/09)

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)

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ASTROPHYSICS CURRICULUM

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Next Astro colloquia
Nov 10
16:30		Dusty common envelope interactions and luminous red novae
Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),
Nov 12
11:15		SDSS-V BHM: Evidence for a link between X-ray weakness and galactic-scale ionised gas outflows in quasars
Delvin Demke (ARI)
ARI Institute Colloquium
ARI, Moenchhofstrasse 12-14, Seminarraum 1.OG
Nov 17
16:30		Cosmology and Supernovae through Cosmic Lenses
Sherry Suyu (MPA/TUM)
Heidelberg Joint Astronomical Colloquium
Philosophenweg 12, Main Lecture hall (gHS),

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Recent ZAH publications
10/2026
Vaccaro, M. Paola; Mapelli, Michela et al. (inc. Liu, Boyuan)
Black hole populations and hierarchical growth across the active galactic nuclei parameter space
A&A 714, A322(2026)

11/2026
Law, Charles J.; Lawrence, Jensen et al. (inc. Semenov, Dmitry)
The ALMA View of the Edge-on Gomez's Hamburger System: A Highly Dynamic, Asymmetric Protoplanetary Disk Reveals the Earliest Phases of Giant Planet Formation
ApJ 1011, 2(2026)

10/2026
Patricelli, B.; Bernardini, M. G.; Sgalletta, C.; Mapelli, M.
Exploring the connection between fast radio bursts and binary neutron star mergers
A&A 714, A254(2026)


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