News type: Research news

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    Galaxy fusion provides an explanation for asymmetrical stellar velocities in elliptical galaxies
    Using the IAC's Beowulf group of computers and the National Supercomputing Centre's Mare Nostrum, an IAC team has simulated the process of galaxy fusion by...
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    GTC OSIRIS z-band imaging of Y dwarfs.
    The aim of the project is to contribute to the characterisation of the spectral energy distribution of the coolest brown dwarfs discovered to date, the Y dwarfs...
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    HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. V. A super-Earth on the inner edge of the habitable zone of the nearby M-dwarf GJ 625
    We report the discovery of a new super-Earth orbiting the nearby cool dwarf star GJ 625 in the inner edge of the habitable zone. This result has been achieved...
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    Hard-state Accretion Disk Winds from Black Holes
    Accretion disc winds are observed in accreting black holes across the full range of masses. In stellar-mass black holes, X-ray winds have been recently...
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    Height Variation of the vector magnetic field in solar spicules
    Proving the magnetic configuration of solar spicules has hitherto been difficult due to the lack of spatial resolution and image stability during off-limb...
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    HELIO AND ASTERO-SEISMOLOGY AND EXOPLANETS SEARCH.
    La huella de los modos-g en el Sol. Gracias a las medidas realizadas por el instrumento GOLF a bordo del satélite SoHO de modo ininterrumpido a lo largo de los...
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    HIGH RESOLUTION IN SOLAR PHYSICS.
    Remolinos en el Sol. Investigadores del IAC y de la Universidad de Valencia han descubierto remolinos en el Sol semejantes al que forma el agua alrededor del...
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    Hubble Space Telescope study of resolved red giant stars in the outer halos of nearby dwarf starburst galaxies.
    Central starbursts in galaxies are an extreme example of ongoing galaxy evolution. The outer parts of galaxies contain a fossil record ofgalaxy formation and...
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    Hydrogenated amorphous carbon grains as a carrier of unidentified IR bands in planetary nebulae
    It is well known that fullerenes – big, complex, and highly resistant carbon molecules with potential applications in nanotechnology – are mostly seen in...