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Dylan Nelson among “Highly Cited Researchers" 2025

16 researchers from Heidelberg University feature on the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” 2025. Dylan Nelson (ZAH/ITA) is one of the five natural scientists among the Heidelberg researchers and his third HCR nomination. (2025/11/12)

Patzer Award for Elisa Schösser (ZAH/ARI)

The Ernst Patzer Foundation annually awards prizes for the best peer-reviewed publications by young researchers at MPIA and ZAH. This year, Elisa Schösser (ZAH/ARI) is one of the three prize winners. (2025/10/31)

New Gliese Fellow 2025: Dr. Natalia Lahén

Dr. Natalia Lahén started her new position as Gliese Fellow 2025 at ARI. Her main research interests focus on hydrodynamical simulations of the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters in a galactic ecosystem. (2025/10/01)

Carl Zeiss Foundation funds new research group at ZAH

With his new research group, Dr. Ksoll is pursuing the goal of developing evaluation algorithms for the study of star formation on the basis of machine learning. The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding his project with 1.8 million euros. (2025/09/23)

LSWs optical systems design for CUBES passed final review

The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES), a future instrument for ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), has successfully passed its final design review. LSW is responsible for the design and development of its optical system. (2025/08/08)

The Thousand Colour Map of Sculptor

Astronomers created the most detailed colour map of the Sculptor Galaxy - a technical and scientific triumph also featuring Heidelberg expertise. (2025/07/14)

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Astro & Physics Talks

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Guest scientists at ZAH
Next Astro colloquia
Feb 20
11:00		TBA
Jasleen Matharu (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Feb 27
11:00		How Gaia is revolutionising our understanding of the Milky Way
Michael Perryman (Dublin)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)
Mar 06
11:00		Breaking the telescope size barrier with mosaics
Tom Herbst (MPIA)
Königstuhl Kolloquium
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Level 3 Lecture Hall (301)

more colloquia ...

Recent ZAH publications
1/2026
Flores-Freitas, R.; Wylezalek, D. et al. (inc. Kukreti, P.; Dall'Agnol de Oliveira, B.; Bertemes, C.; Albán, M.)
Black holes in the low-mass galaxy regime: Imprint of active galactic nucleus feedback on the circumgalactic medium of central dwarf galaxies
A&A 705, A175(2026)

1/2026
Peláez-Torres, A.; Sánchez-López, A. et al. (inc. Trifonov, T.; Quirrenbach, A.)
Tighter constraints on the atmosphere of GJ 436 b from combined high-resolution CARMENES and CRIRES+ observations
A&A 705, A256(2026)

1/2026
Ahlborn, F.; Higl, J. et al. (inc. Röpke, F.; Leidi, G.; Andrassy, R.)
Validating a non-local stellar convection model with 3D hydrodynamics simulations
A&A 705, A191(2026)

more publications ...