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Red nuggets at the center of nearby galaxies
The “Lambda Cold Dark Matter” (CDM) cosmological model is the current theory credited for reproducing the physics responsible for the formation and evolution of...
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NewsRegions where extremely young stars are forming have been found in very old galaxiesAn international study led by Almudena Prieto, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has found places where new stars are forming, as...
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NewsRelativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup GalaxyWhen matter falls into supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies, it unleashes enormous amounts of energy and is called active galactic nuclei (or AGN...
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NewsResearchers from the IAC have discovered that dark matter experiences forces beyond gravityThe existence of dark matter is likely one of the most perplexing problems facing the scientific community, and unraveling its nature has become one of the...
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NewsResearchers have observed the heating produced in the Sun by magnetic wavesAn international team in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) are participating...
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NewsResearchers show that the shape of the Whirlpool galaxy has been molded by the repeated passage through its disc of a satellite galaxyAn international research team, with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) shows that the satellite galaxy NGC 5195 has passed twice...
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NewsRobert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the TMT International Observatory, visits the IAC and gives a colloquium on the Thirty Meter TelescopeThe Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has received a visit from Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International...
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NewsRocky exoplanets and their host stars may have similar compositionNewly formed stars have protoplanetary discs around them. A fraction of the material in the disc condenses into planet-forming chunks, and the rest finally...
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NewsRotation found in three galaxies satellites of the Milky WayAn international team of astrophysicists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Space Telescope Science...