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The EChO science case
The discovery of almost two thousand exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. We see gas giants in few-day orbits, whole multi-planet...
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PublicationThe effect of stellar contamination on low-resolution transmission spectroscopy: needs identified by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Study Analysis Group 21Study Analysis Group 21 (SAG21) of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group was organized to study the effect of stellar contamination on space-based...
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NewsThe European Research Council has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Advanced Grants” to IAC’s SUBSTELLAR projectThe European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an ERC Advanced Grant, funding for the development of research projects at the frontiers of knowledge, to the...
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TalkThe exo-planet obliquity as a fingerprint of planetary formation and evolutionThe angle between the stellar spin axis and the orbital planetary angular momentum of a planet, also referred to as the obliquity of the system, is a matter of...
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NewsThe first “ultrahot Neptune” is discoveredA team of astronomers from the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL)...
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NewsThe IAC discovers a planetary nebula that destroyed its solar systemAn international team of researchers, including staff from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered a planetary nebula that destroyed its...
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NewsThe IAC leads the first scientific results of NIRPS, the new infrared exoplanet hunterThe new infrared spectrograph NIRPS, built with the participation of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and installed on the 3.6-metre telescope at...
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PublicationThe life of stars and their planetsWe lack a reliable scenario for the formation and evolution of stars and their planetary systems, involving key factors such as magnetic fields and turbulence...
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PublicationThe Multiplanet System TOI-421We report the discovery of a warm Neptune and a hot sub-Neptune transiting TOI-421 (BD-14 1137, TIC 94986319), a bright (V = 9.9) G9 dwarf star in a visual...