
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 …

Auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit (in German)
HITS „Journalist in Residence“ Andreas von Bubnoff spricht am 7. Oktober, 16:00, in Heidelberg über Wissenschaftsjournalismus in Zeiten von post-truth und reproducibility crisis …

In four weeks: deadline for the HITS “Journalist in Residence” program
Are you an experienced science journalist? Would you like to delve into new areas of research and deepen your technical knowledge? …

Two Humboldt Fellows at HITS
Since 2012, HITS has been the host for eight fellows of the Humboldt foundation. This year, the institute was glad to welcome …

HITS: Call for “Journalist in Residence” in 2020 and 2021
Are you an experienced science journalist? Would you like to delve into new areas of research and deepen your technical knowledge? …

Gräter and Strube new Marsilius Fellows at Heidelberg University
HITS group leaders Prof. Dr. Frauke Gräter (MBM) and Prof. Dr. Michael Strube (NLP) have been …

HITSter new editor of “Monthly Weather Review”
As of January 2019, Sebastian Lerch, member of the Computational Statistics group (CST) at HITS and a mathematician by training, is associate …

New Scientific Director: Wolfgang Müller
As of January 2019, Priv.-Doz Dr. Wolfgang Müller is the new Scientific Director of HITS. As the position of Scientific …

Und ab geht die Post: Das virtuelle Universum auf einer Briefmarke
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The Data Revolution in the Night Sky
The HITS Astroinformatics research group led by Kai Polsterer helps astronomers to better analyze the rapidly growing data-sets with modern methods …