Issue 3 | 2025
Centered around the theme “Experiment, Tinker, Do-It-Yourself – Energy for You and Your Environment!”, HITS once again took part in this year’…
Massive stars also partner in metal-poor environments
Massive stars in metal-rich galaxies, such as in our own Milky Way, often have close partners. That this is also true …
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 …
Floppy and flexible: How Machine Learning helps to build new proteins
A team of researchers from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) …
HITS: Call for “Journalist in Residence” in 2026
Call for 2026: HITS Journalist in Residence program open for applications. Deadline: 5 October 2025
New Infrastructure for AI-based biomacromolecular structure prediction
The newly established Bio-Structure Hub at the Heidelberg University Scientific Software Center (SSC) provides an accessible entry point into the world …
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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 …
Issue 2 | 2025
In April, HITS welcomed its current Journalist in Residence: Australian science journalist Jackson Ryan. He kicked off his six-month stay with …
The faster they rotate, the more magnetic they become
Rotation rate and magnetic fields: Binary stars behave significantly different from single ones. A new study in “Nature Astronomy” investigates their …
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