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On September 27, Alvaro Hacar will talk about "Observing the cold Universe with ALMA".

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Zwi Instrumente für das Extremely Large Telescope mit österreichischer Beteiligung erreichen Meilenstein: METIS und MICADO bestehen Designprüfung!

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Manuel Güdel is Professor for Astrophysics and explains how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is bringing us closer to the Big Bang than ever...

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The Leopold Figl Observatory, Austria's largest reflecting telescope and outpost of the Department of Astrophysics, is being modernized with funding...

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The Department of Astrophysics seeks to fill a position as organisational assistant. Applications can be submitted until 29.07.2024.

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Newly identified fast-moving stars in the star cluster Omega Centauri provide solid evidence for a central black hole in the cluster.