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A study of the whole Sun
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of its prestigious “ERC Synergy Grants” to a team led by Fernando Moreno Insertis, researcher at the...
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NewsA study offers new prospects for finding life outside the EarthAn international team of astronomers, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found an exoplanetary system formed by...
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NewsA study shows the unexpected effect of black holes beyond their own galaxiesAt the heart of almost every sufficiently massive galaxy there is a black hole whose gravitational field, although very intense, affects only a small region...
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NewsA sub-Earth confirmed in the planetary system of the closest star to the SunAn international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has confirmed the presence of a new planet...
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NewsA Sun more complex than expectedThe CLASP suborbital rocket experiment, motivated by theoretical investigations carried out at the IAC, provided unprecedented observations of the polarization...
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NewsA Sun more complex than expectedThe CLASP suborbital rocket experiment, motivated by theoretical investigations carried out at the IAC, provided unprecedented observations of the polarization...
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NewsA super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere modelsDuring the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical...
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NewsA system of globular clusters in the disc of a galaxy detected for the first timeThe OSIRIS instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) has discovered, on the spiral galaxy Messier 106, a system of globular clusters whose unusual...
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NewsA system of superearths has been detected around the brightest red dwarf in the skyThe exoplanets closest to us offer the best opportunities to make a detailed study of their physical properties, including the search for life outside the Solar...