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Kristina Kislyakova was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Vienna in September 2024.

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Ukrainian high school students who take part in Simons Science School in Chemistry and Physics visited the Department of Astrophysics.

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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.