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The atmosphere of a new ultra hot Jupiter is analysed
The combination of observations made with the CARMENES spectrograph on the 3.5m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Almería), and the HARPS-N spectrograph on...
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NewsThe changing-look optical wind of the flaring X-ray transient Swift J1858.6-0814The large amount of mass and angular momentum carried by disc winds makes them key processes to understand accretion onto compact objects, such as black holes...
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NewsThe CHEOPS mission measures the properties of one of the hottest and most extreme extrasolar planetsCHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating, has observed a...
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NewsThe CHEOPS mission, in which the IAC is participating, observes its first exoplanetsCHEOPS, the new exoplanet mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) in coordination with Switzerland, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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NewsThe Clarke exobelt, a method to search for possible extraterrestrial civilizationsA new study published in the Astrophysical Journal by Hector Socas-Navarro, a researcher at the IAC, examines the possibility of detecting hypothetical...
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NewsThe CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field from the photosphere up to the base of the coronaEvery day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field in the...
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NewsThe CLASP2.1 mission team receives a NASA awardThe international team of the “Chromospheric LAyer Spectro-Polarimeter” (CLASP) space missions, which includes three scientists of the Instituto de Astrofísica...
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NewsThe CSIC and the IAC take part in the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation9 institutions from 7 European countries today signed the documents for this organization, which will prepare the way towards the future construction of the...
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NewsThe cultural and sky landscape of the Way of Saint JamesA study led by the researcher of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio has shown the relevance of sunrise on Easter Sunday, one of...