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Intracluster Light at the Frontier: A2744.
The ultra-deep multiwavelength Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields coverage of the Abell Cluster 2744 is used to derive the stellar population properties of...
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NewsIntracluster light: a luminous tracer for dark matter in clusters of galaxiesThe bulk of stars in galaxy clusters are confined within their constituent galaxies. Those stars do not trace the extended distribution of dark matter well as...
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NewsIs the Large Magellanic Cloud spiral arm a stable structure?Some galaxies in the Universe display beautiful and appealing features known as "spiral arms". However, not all galaxies show spiral arms in the same manner...
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NewsJupiter as an Exoplanet: UV to NIR Transmission Spectrum Reveals Hazes, a Na Layer, and Possibly Stratospheric H2O-ice Clouds.Currently, the analysis of transmission spectra is the most successful technique to probe the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres. However, the...
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NewsKINEMATIC, STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITION STUDIES OF THE INTERSTELLAR AND INTERGALACTIC MEDIA.Se ha llevado a cabo la construcción y la puesta a punto de un nuevo instrumento “GHaFaS” (“Galaxy Hα Fabry-Perot Spectrometer), en el telescopio William...
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NewsLack of color changes in the transits of disintegrating material close to a white dwarfDuring the last decades, growing evidence about the presence of planetary material around white dwarfs has been established. The features of heavy elements in...
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NewsLarge scale dynamical differences between active and non-active galaxies in the local UniverseObservational evidence s suggest a co-evolution of the central supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. In some of them, the black hole is ingesting...
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NewsLithium, a new key to the search for planetary systems.Lithium-poor “twin” stars to the Sun targetted. Stars similar to the Sun that have a low lithium content are strong candidates for hosting planets according to...
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NewsLittle Stars from the early Galaxy.The Gran Telescopio CANARIAS open new prospects to characterise the oldest population of stars in our Galaxy with the discovery of a cold and distant low...