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It takes two to trigger – Astronomers make key breakthrough in what causes Type Ia Supernovae
An international team of astronomers have found compelling evidence that at least some Type Ia supernovae are produced by two white …
Supernovae and cosmological impact
Humboldt Fellow from Taipei, Taiwan, at HITS – Invitation by the Physics of Stellar Objetcs group HITS has welcomed a new Alexander …
Double detonation: new image shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating …
New Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at HITS
HITS welcomes Swiss-British astrophysicist Raphael Hirschi as the 6th Klaus Tschira Guest Professor at the Institute. He has been Professor of …
ERC Advanced Grant for HITS group leader
Friedrich Röpke, head of the Physics of Stellar Objects group at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, has been awarded …
15th Würzburg workshop on Astrophysics 2020 at HITS
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual winter workshop organized by the Physics of Stellar Objects (PSO) group at HITS had …
ERC Starting Grant for HITS astrophysicist
Fabian Schneider has been awarded about € 1.5 million for five years. He will establish his own junior research group at HITS. Astrophysicist …
An explosive result
Nuclear physicists from Finland, Denmark, and Germany succeeded to experimentally determine nuclear processes operating at conditions ten million times denser and 25 …
The irresistible pull – when massive stars collide
All neutron stars are magnetic, but some are more magnetic than others. The latter, so-called magnetars, are the strongest magnets in …
Visitors: Prof. Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski and Dr Ryosuke Hirai
From 11th to 15th March 2019, Prof. Dr Philipp Podsiadlowski (third from right) and Dr Ryosuke Hirai (first from left) from the …
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