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The call for our photo competition 2026 is open: All students at our Faculty as well as students of two Postgraduate-programmes are invited to submit...
Thu 29 January 2026, Lecture Hall 2 at the UZA II: All Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Meteorology and Geography students are warmly invited!
The E-STEEM program offers excellent female researchers a four-year postdoctoral position. Apply now for a position at the Department of Astrophysics!
Registration and abstract submission are open until 15 January, 2026. The Austrian Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics (ÖGAA) is organizing a...
Join this public lecture by Meinrad Hafner to learn how astronomers determine the distances to celestial objects.
... on the successful doctoral defense on 'Large-scale magnetic fields in protoplanetary disks'.
